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| Date: | Saturday 18 January 2003 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-ORK |
| MSN: | 18-7035 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rosa Blanche, VS -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Rosa Blanche - offshore |
| Rosa Blanche - offshore | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Two Piper PA-18 collided on the glacier. HB-ORN was damaged but later repaired. The crew of HB-ORN was not injured. HB-ORK (built in 1958) was completely destroyed and the crew was seriously injured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1924_d.pdf (with accident photos)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 August 1963 | HB-ORK | Alpar | 0 | Kanderfirn, BE | |
sub |
| 13 August 1973 | HB-ORK | Häutligen, BE | |
unk | ||
| 19 September 2025 | HB-ORK | Starbase AG | 1 | Lake Zug, near Cham, ZG | |
w/o |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2010 05:35 | Alpine Flight | Added |
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