- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 09, 1936
Time: ?
Location: Malmo, Sweden
Operator: A B Aerotransport
Flight #: ?
Route: Malmo - Amsterdam
AC Type: Fokker F-XXII
Registration: SE-ABA
cn / ln: 5359
Aboard: 15   (passengers:11  crew:4)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: All four motors of the aircraft quit while taking off. The pilot attempted to land but crashed into a house. First fatal aviation accident in Sweden.The captain mistakenly opened the throttles instead of selecting the propeller pitch handles while the engines were in weak mixture, causing all four to stall out.
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