| Date: September 14, 1923 |
Personnel: R.Gulbis (p), J.Bergmanis (o) |
Aircraft Involved: Albatros C.III #25 |
Location: near the Ratozi railway station on the Jelgava-Riga line. |
Details:
- Nearing the end of his training at flight school, Gulbis was assigned a cross-country flight from Riga (Spilve) to Sloka, then
Jelgava, then Olaine, and then returning to Riga. En route, while travelling along the path of the railway line, he suffered an
engine failure.
- Gulbis landed the airplane without injury to himself or his passenger, but the propeller was broken and the aircraft suffered
some other minor damage. (Note - Gulbis flew the same aircraft again less than two weeks later, so the damage could not
have been great).
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