ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1171
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| Date: | Monday 19 March 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth Seaplane |
| Owner/operator: | Dominion Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-CAHS |
| MSN: | 409 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
c/no 409: DH.60X Moth Seaplane [Cirrus II]: to Dominion Airways, Canada with C of A 1164 issued 5.7.27. Registered G-CAHS [C of R 315] 22.8.27 to Dominion Airways Ltd, Vancouver; named "Elsie" - used for forest patrol work.
Written off when crashed into English Bay, Vancouver 19.3.28: Student pilot (flying solo) lost control and dived into the bay. Pilot killed. Cause attributed to the student pilot, with insufficient experience, attempting to perform a solo training flight which proved to be beyond his capabilities.
English Bay is an open bay located in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It extends from the headland between Siwash Rock and Prospect Point on Vancouver’s Downtown peninsula in the northeast, to the northwestern tip of Point Grey in the southwest
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhaHMiXQ==
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-vancouver-1-killed
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Bay,_Vancouver
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2008 03:13 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Dec-2011 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2014 23:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2017 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2023 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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