Groningen – Copenhagen

On September 25, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Groningen – Copenhagen experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, operated by Noord Nederlandse Aero Club - NNAC, with the event recorded near Laschendorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Pilot W. E. Molema and two passengers, J. Ubink, chief editor of the newspaper "het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden" and paint dealer O. Wedema of Groningen, took off from the NNAC airfield in Eelde bound for Copenhagen. Allegedly the pilot lost direction and was forced/chose to land in a field in the Russian occupied zone of Germany in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. While landing the left wheel hit a ditch and broke off. Some other minor damages and apparent bullet holes in the fuselage where later found. The aircraft was later sent back to the Netherlands by rail and had the engine removed. It was taken off the registry on April 7, 1952. Source: ASN

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-NCP, MSN 7037.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.4798°, 12.4666°.