Date:	Thursday 10 October 1935
Time:	11:00
Type:	de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major
Owner/operator:	Aero Club de Suisse, Geneva
Registration:	HB-OKA
MSN:	5041
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	0.25 nm east of Gruyère aerodrome (LSGT), canton of Fribourg -   Switzerland
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Geneva/LSGG
Destination airport:	Berne/LSZB

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Broc, district of Gruyère, canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Broc is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.
The pilot, on his way from Geneva to Berne, made an intermediate landing at Broc to visit a relative. During take-off he had to pass below telephone-lines, the left wing hit a pole, the wing broke away. The occupants were only slightly injured.

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p050.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broc
A. Tribune de Lausanne, No 288/1935-10-11, p.2 via Scriptorium

c/no. 5041 DH.60GIII Moth Major [Gipsy III engine#3257]: delivered to Marcel Devaud, Switzerland with C of A 4032 issued 22.9.33. Registered in Switzerland as CH-359 20.10.33 to Marcel Devaud, Geneva. Re-registered in 1934 to Aero Club de Suisse, Geneva. Re-registered HB-OKA 1.35.
Registration HB-OKA cancelled in 1935

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Feb-2024 20:13	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Feb-2024 20:14	ASN	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2024 17:05	sparrow9	Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ]