ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58991
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| Date: | 10-JUN-1912 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Sommer Monoplane |
| Owner/operator: | Albert "Kiki" Kimmerling |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Reims, Mourmelon -
 France
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Reims |
| Reims | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This was the accident in which ice hockey and pilot pioneer, Albert "Kiki" Kimmerling, was killed.
On June 10, [some say June 2 or June 9] 1912 in Reims (Mourmelon), France, only 12 days before his 30th birthday he was test flying a new airplane, a two-seater, a Sommer Monoplane designed by a gentleman named Tonnet. Léon Bathiat, an excellent pilot himself and an associate of professor/airplane builder Roger Sommer asked Kimmerling to pilot the new plane. According to eyewitnesses the plane was very unstable as soon as it took off, shaking violently. Kimmerling reached a height of 300 metres [more probably 30] when the plane suddenly plummeted and crashed to the ground after a wing had detached from the plane. Kimmerling was killed instantly and both the hockey and aviation world lost a great sportsman, a true pioneer in both fields.
Sources:
1. Albert "Kiki" Kimmerling - An ice hockey and pilot pioneer
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2009 14:36 | Topaz | Added |
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