ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146636
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 August 1955 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Percival P.44 Proctor V |
| Owner/operator: | Airrang |
| Registration: | G-ALEO |
| MSN: | H.672 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nürnberg (NUE) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Nürnberg (NUE) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on demostration flight shortly after take-off while possibly attempted to return after engine failure. Pilot Karl Bott was allowed to fly the aircraft and another pilot Hans Röthlesberger was a Swiss citizen. There were two more pilots (Willy Döring, Eugen Kießkalt) on board as passengers. Airrang (Fritz Rang, Nürnberg). Bott ferried this Proctor recently from London to Nürnberg for scenic flights. Possibly G-A... registered, not D-E...
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 1.9.1955, p5
Hamburger Abendblatt 31 August 1955, p14
ex.NP288.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2012 10:46 | TB | Added |
| 11-Dec-2015 16:05 | TB | Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2017 06:14 | sparrow9 | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 09:49 | TB | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2019 16:06 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 17-May-2022 08:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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