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| Date: | Monday 24 September 1962 |
| Time: | c. 10:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 140A |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-CAV |
| MSN: | 15488 |
| Year of manufacture: | 0 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Uessinghausen/Northeim -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart/EDDS |
| Duesseldorf/EDDL | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident
On his flight from EDDS to EDDL the pilot got disoriented and due to the approaching dusk he tried to make an emergency landing off airport. The landing-roll ended in a beet field and the aircraft turned on its back. He was far away from the intended route.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BFU Switzerland .
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1964 | HB-CAV | private | 0 | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) |  |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2024 19:02 | ASN | Added |
| 21-Jul-2024 13:12 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2024 06:33 | sparrow9 | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
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