Zone
West Java

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60M Moth in Lembang: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1936
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Nederlands-Indische Vliegclub (NIVC)
Registration:
PK-SAI
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bandung - Bandung
MSN:
1485
YOM:
1931
Location:
Lembang
West Java
Country:
Indonesia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
An instructor and one female student pilot departed Bandung on a local training flight. En route, the airplane collided with high tension wires and crashed in Lembang, about 10 km northeast of the airfield. The instructor H. C. Keim was slightly injured while the student pilot, Mrs. Van Lierop, was killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 in Lembang

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1931
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.9
Operator:
Registration:
H-115
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kalijati - Bandung
Location:
Lembang
West Java
Country:
Indonesia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While descending to Bandung, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a dense wooded area located in Lembang, north of Bandung. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
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