ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163533
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| Date: | Monday 5 February 1951 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: | Cessna UC-78 Bobcat |
| Owner/operator: | R.E. Kappel |
| Registration: | PZ-NAB |
| MSN: | 1236 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eagle Beach -
 Aruba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Port au Prince,Haiti |
| Hato,Curacao | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This Cessna, PZ-NAB was to be the first registered airplane in Suriname, but crashed during it's delivery ferry-flight to Zanderij airfield, Suriname on a beach at Aruba, after problems with fuel consumption in the left engine. Both occupants, the pilot R. Kappel and the passenger Muarice de Jong survived. The airplane was a gift from the young pilot's mother Nora Kappel-de Boer for earning his wings.
Sources:
Flying on trusted wings (Book ISBN: 978-9460222054)
http://landewers.net/PZ.TXT
Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
06-02-1951
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2014 08:11 | soero | Added |
| 03-Feb-2020 16:44 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 23-May-2022 04:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Jul-2023 04:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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