1992' Air Crash at Smedavská Mt. / Letecká havárie na Smedavské hore v roce 1992 (Czech Republic)
N 50° 51.233 E 015° 15.023
33U E 517624 N 5633606
In April 23rd, 1992 two small French sport planes crashed during snowstorm on the ridge of Jizera Mountains (Jizerské hory) under summit of Smedavská Mountain. All four crew members tragically died...
Waymark Code: WM6JFA
Location: Liberecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 06/10/2009
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Two light planes (Piper PA-28-180 and Cessna 182H), two young pilots with two journalists, really bad weather and for pilots unknown mountains, no GPS - the result of this deadly combination was tragic - four lost lives... Two French planes transporting humanitary aid to Poland and Belorussia crashed on the ridge of Jizera Mountains under summit of Smedavská Mountain.
The names of air-crash victims were: Francis Dreulle, Jean H. Thiercelin, Sebastian Reault and Jean P. Lejfuna...
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Date of Crash: 04/23/1992
Aircraft Model: Piper PA-28-180 and Cessna 182H (two planes)
Military or Civilian: Civilian
Tail Number: F-BXOA (Piper ) and F-BTDJ (Cessna)
Cause of Crash:
bad weather conditions, thunderstorm
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