Crash of a Beechcraft D18S in Twenthe: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 16, 1947
Operator:
Registration:
PH-UBV
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeuwarden - Twenthe
MSN:
A-0106
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight from Leeuwarden with a program at Twenthe AFB consisting of touch and goes. While approaching with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the instructor requested the crew to make a go around when the aircraft stalled, crashed in a field and came to rest upside down in flames. Two crew were killed while the third occupant was seriously injured.
