Aero C-3A crash, Aug 7, 1953 (4 killed), Malacky-Kuchyňa...
Aero C-3A accident on August 7, 1953 near Malacky-Kuchyňa AFB Bratislava Region, Slovakia with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot continued the approach at...
- Date: August 7, 1953
- Aircraft: Aero C-3A
- Location: Malacky-Kuchyňa AFB Bratislava Region, Slovakia
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot continued the approach at an unsafe altitude.
A Czech Air Force Aero C 3A on a night bombing training flight was returning to Malacky Kuchyna airbase in low visibility. The aircraft was too low, struck trees on hilly terrain about 4 km southeast of the airfield at Pernek, and burned. All four crew members were killed.