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| Date: | Sunday 21 October 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172B Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-ELPA |
| MSN: | 17248658 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mönchengadbach (EDLN) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into falling winch rope and crashed.
Sources:
German Regbook
Passauer Neue Presse 23 October 1962, p2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2010 13:34 | TB | Added |
| 24-Aug-2011 12:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2014 17:36 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Apr-2025 17:09 | TB | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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