Accident Airco DH.9C O-BEAU, Wednesday 9 September 1925
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Date:Wednesday 9 September 1925
Time:day
Type:Airco DH.9C
Owner/operator:SNETA
Registration: O-BEAU
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Cossonay -   Switzerland
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Brussels, Belgium
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ex-RAF F1148: Armstrong Siddeley (225 hp) powered Airco DH.9C registered (C of R#5) as O-BEAU on 19 March 1920 to the Syndicat National pour l'Etude des Transports Aériens (SNETA) at Haren. Although it was transferred to Sabena it was not officially registered to this company. On 5 October 1925 the registration was cancelled when written off (destroyed) when crashed in Switzerland

Sources:

1. http://cnapg.net/aircodh9.htm
2. http://www.belgian-wings.be/webpages//navigator/photos/CivilPics/first_register/De%20Havilland%20DH9%200-BEAU/dh9c_obeau.htm
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh9-switzerland
4. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/de-havilland-dh-9
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_O-B.html
6. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-belge-dexploitation-de-la-navigation-aeriennes-sabena/
https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
09-Oct-2011 05:15 ThW Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
06-Dec-2017 09:20 Sergey L. Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Jun-2018 14:33 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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