- | 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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