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| Date: | Friday 16 January 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-180 Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-ELAC |
| MSN: | 24-241 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sydney, NS -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Gander, NFL |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed while trying an emergency landing in dense fog due to icing during ferry flight from USA to Germany. The pilot Rudolf Lehmann received no permission for a transatlantic flight on a intermediate stop at Gander and intended to return to the USA.
Sources:
http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/
Hamburger Abendblatt 20 January 1959, p3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2015 20:11 | TB | Added |
| 16-Dec-2015 15:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2016 21:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 10:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2021 15:05 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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