ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179703
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 June 1952 |
| Time: | 16:50 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Club Neuchatelois d'Aviation |
| Registration: | HB-OPI |
| MSN: | 1864 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 14, Route de Prilly, Lausanne, Canton of Vaud -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lausanne-Blécherette Airport (LSGL) |
| Lausanne-Blécherette Airport (LSGL) |
c/no.1864: DH.60G [Gipsy I engine #1364] to Werner Stocklin, Switzerland with C of A 3135 issued 21.7.31. Registered CH-320 29.7.31 to Club Neuchatelois d'Aviation, Neuchatel-Planeyse. Re-registered HB-OPI 1.35 to same owner. Crashed at Motiers 22.7.39 [pilot Jean Bourquin]; repaired. Re-registered (12.47) to Aero Club de Suisse, Section Vaudoise, Blecherette
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11.6.52 when hit the roof of the house at 14, Route de Prilly, Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, and caught fire after a sharp turn to avoid a crane. The pilot and his passenger were completing a local flight over the region of Lausanne. On final approach, the single engine airplane hit a crane and crashed onto a house, bursting into flames. The passenger was seriously injured while the other occupant, the pilot Enrique Pernot, was killed. The passenger (the sole survivor) died from his injuries a day later.
Sources:
1. Freiburger Nachrichten 13 June 1952, p2
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/HB-OPI.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-lausanne-3-killed
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CH-.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2015 13:52 | sparrow9 | Added |
| 20-Sep-2015 16:23 | sparrow9 | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 13-Aug-2017 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2021 15:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2023 18:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 26-Sep-2023 06:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]] |
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