Prostejov – Chrudim

On May 26, 1949 at 11:23 PM, Prostejov – Chrudim experienced a crash involving Aero C-3A, operated by Czech Air Force - Ceské Vojenské Letectvo, with the event recorded near Jaromerice Pardubice Region (Pardubický kraj).

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew completed several maneuvers during the day, taking part to a training mission combined with a second Czech Air Force Aero C.3 registered S-15 and carrying a crew of seven as well. In the afternoon, both crew were instructed to stay at Prostejov due to poor weather conditions. At 2230LT, the headquarter informed both crew they were able to fly back to Chrudim as the weather improved. En route, both airplanes went out of control and crashed in the same time. S-11 crashed in a field northwest of Jaromerice while S-15 crashed in a wooded area located on km southwest of Jevícko. All 14 crew members on both aircraft were killed. Crew: Leopold Margetin, Jindrich Gubarjev, Miroslav Tucek, Antonin Beneš, Rudolf Durco, František Drgon, Josef Danek.

Aircraft reference details include registration S-11, MSN 328.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.6256°, 16.7518°.