In the early hours of Friday the 2nd April 2021 a fire broke out in a maintenance hangar, including a residential building, at the west-side of Hilversum Airfield (EHHV) and six aircraft were damaged or destroyed.
An adjacent hangar was also damaged.
The fire was reported at 1:45 a.m. The hangar contained a number of aircraft that were all believed to have been refueled. Residents around the site of the fire were evacuated.
The following aircraft were involved:
Cessna 182P Skylane D-EEND (MSN) 182-62622 (destroyed)
Van's RV-6 PH-LGR (MSN) 001 (destroyed)
Cessna 172P Skyhawk PH-SKE (MSN) 172-74730 (destroyed)
Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2M PH-1330 (MSN) 28 (destroyed)
Aeropro Eurofox PH-3N5 (MSN) 10901 (substantial damage)
Cessna 172R Skyhawk PH-STN (MSN) 172-80929 (minor damage)
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II N611JP (MSN) 28-7916111 (minor damage)
The following aircraft were saved but covered with soot:
Laverda F.8L Falco IV D-ERJW (MSN) 403
Cessna R172K Hawk XP II N5418V (MSN) R172-2296
Erco 415G Ercoupe N94432 (MSN) 5078
Cessna 172P Skyhawk II PH-DON (MSN) 172-74985
Sequoia F.8L Falco PH-FCO (MSN) PFA100-10843
Cessna F172N Skyhawk II PH-GYS (MSN) 01871
Diamond DV20 Katana PH-MFT (MSN) 20155
Cessna F172N Skyhawk II PH-SKC (MSN) 01673
Diamond DV20 Katana PH-SKM (MSN) 20074
Laverda F.8L Falco IV D-ERJW (MSN) 403
Cessna R172K Hawk XP II N5418V (MSN) R172-2296
Erco 415G Ercoupe N94432 (MSN) 5078
Cessna 172P Skyhawk II PH-DON (MSN) 172-74985
Sequoia F.8L Falco PH-FCO (MSN) PFA100-10843
Cessna F172N Skyhawk II PH-GYS (MSN) 01871
Diamond DV20 Katana PH-MFT (MSN) 20155
Cessna F172N Skyhawk II PH-SKC (MSN) 01673
Diamond DV20 Katana PH-SKM (MSN) 20074
Hilversum Airfield (ICAO: EHHV) is a general aviation aerodrome 2.2 NM (4.1 kms; 2.5 miles) south-southwest of Hilversum, a town in the Het Gooi region of North Holland in the Netherlands. The airfield is used for general aviation including gliding and for parachuting.
The field has three grass runways, 07/25, 13/31 and 18/36 with the respective lengths of 600 m (1,969 ft), 660 m (2,165 ft) and 700 m (2,297 ft).
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