ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17021
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1909 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Voisin Biplane |
| Owner/operator: | French Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais 62 -
 France
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
French aviation pioneer and army officer Capt. Louis Ferdinand Ferber died in a fatal accident when one wing of his Voisin biplane struck the ground during a turn at low altitude. The first French military aviation death
Sources:
archive Bleiente
"The Use of Accidents", Flight, 28 January 1911
Algemeen Handelsblad
23-09-1909
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2008 09:27 | Bleiente | Added |
| 13-Dec-2017 13:13 | Air Command | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 17:24 | Cobar | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2023 03:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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