Accident Potez IX F-ADBC,
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Date:Friday 6 June 1924
Time:day
Type:Potez IX
Owner/operator:Cie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne
Registration: F-ADBC
MSN: 157
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hlavov, 80 km west of Brno, Moravian-Silesian Region -   Czech Republic
Phase: En route
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Vienna, Austria
Destination airport:Prague, Czechosolvakia
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
F-ADBC Potez IX (MSN 157); First registered 6.21 (C of R 627) to Cie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne, Le Bourget, Paris.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.6.24 when crashed near Hlavov, approximately 80 km west of Brno, Moravian-Silesian Region (Moravskoslezský kraj), Czech Republic. En route from Vienna to Prague, while cruising some 80 km west of Brno, pilot encountered engine problem and lost control of the aircraft which stalled and crashed in flames in an open field. Both passengers were killed instantly while the pilot was seriously injured. He died from his injuries a day later at hospital in Jihlava.

Crew:
Aimé Grasset, pilot.

Passengers:
Otakar Ludvig,
Franz Kaufmann.

Sources:

1. http://airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-.html
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-potez-9-hladov-3-killed
4. https://leteckenehody.webnode.cz/news/a1924-6-6-hladov/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potez_IX

Media:

Unidentified Potez IX photographed in December 1922 (not necessarily F-ADBC): Potez IX L'Aéronautique December 1922

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
15-Nov-2017 12:47 Sergey L. Added
23-Mar-2019 15:49 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
23-Mar-2019 15:49 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Embed code]
23-Mar-2019 15:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Embed code]
23-Mar-2019 15:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
23-Mar-2019 15:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities]

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