ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1210
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 October 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Saskatoon Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-CAKG |
| MSN: | 462 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Warman, 12 miles North of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 462: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] sold to Canadian Dept of National Defence with C of A 1306 issued 7.2.28. Delivered by DH to No.1 Air Depot, Ottawa 2.5.28 and to Saskatoon Aero Club 4.5.28. Registered as G-CAKG [C of R 410] 14.6.28 to Dept of National Defense and loaned to the Saskatoon Aero Club.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 8.10.29: Pilot Theodore William Helps was performing a training flight in the region of Warman, 12 miles North of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In flight, while performing a loop, a wing strut failed and the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field. The pilot - the sole person on board - was killed. Registration G-CAKG cancelled 27.1.30 as "destroyed"
Warman is the ninth-largest city in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the city of Saskatoon, and 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) northeast of the city of Martensville.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNha2ciXQ==
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-warman-1-killed
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Oct29.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98546134/theodore-william-helps
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warman,_Saskatchewan
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 05:52 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Jan-2008 23:25 | JINX | Updated |
| 13-Jan-2014 23:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2018 16:59 | Sergey L. | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2023 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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