ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34300
Last updated: 25 February 2020
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| Date: | 05-MAY-1924 |
| Time: | 09:45 LT |
| Type: | Airco DH.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Société Nationale pour l’Etude des Transports Aériens |
| Registration: | O-BALO |
| C/n / msn: | H5931 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Strasbourg-Neuhof Airport, Strasbourg, Alsace -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Strasbourg-Neuhof Airport, Strasbourg, France |
| Evere, Brussels, Belgium |
Ex-RAF H5391: Airco DH.4 O-BALO of SNETA (Société Nationale pour l’Etude des Transports Aériens) Crashed 5.5.24 at Strasbourg-Neuhof Airport, Strasbourg, Alsace, France. Pilot: Herman Clement killed. Herman had left the French city around 9:45 am for Brussels, and he was still relatively low to the ground when he made a short turn. His plane then slid over the wing and crashed into the plain with violence. The dying pilot was taken to the hospital where he died shortly afterwards.
Sources:
1. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPics/interbellum/De%20Havilland%20DH.4/De%20Havilland%20DH.4%20Frontpage.html
2. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/dh-4-o-balo-te-straatsburg-cl%C3%A9ment-herman
3. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-belge-dexploitation-de-la-navigation-aeriennes-sabena/
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_O-B.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh4-strasbourg-1-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Dec-2011 11:21 | ThW | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 22:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2019 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
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