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| Date: | Monday 16 December 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 5 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Transport Flugbetriebs GmbH |
| Registration: | OE-FAC |
| MSN: | 04500 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leavesden Airfield, Watford, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Austria |
| Leavesden Airfield, Watford, Hertfordshire (EGTI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The crew was completing a delivery flight, apparently from Austria. On final approach to Leavesden Airfield, the airplane was too low and struck the ground short of runway threshold before coming to rest. Both crew members were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH104%20prodn%20list.txt
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh104-dove-5-leavesden
4. https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=11&typeid=339
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2008 19:59 | W.Fischdick | Added |
| 28-Jan-2008 12:00 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Mar-2010 14:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2010 14:17 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 24-Sep-2012 09:22 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2013 03:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2014 13:31 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2020 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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