ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1216
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Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1928 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60X Cirrus II Moth |
Owner/operator: | Johannesburg Light Plane Club |
Registration: | G-UAAQ |
MSN: | 534 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Roodepoort, Gauteng, 17 km North West of Johannesburg -
South Africa
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Baragwanath Aerodrome (Sylerfontein Airport), Gauteng, South Africa (FASY) |
Destination airport: | Baragwanath Aerodrome (Sylerfontein Airport), Gauteng, South Africa (FASY) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:c/no. 534 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II #222]: to De Havilland South Africa with C of A 1303 issued 1.2.28. Sold to J.H Veasey, the DeHavilland Agent for Southern Africa. Probably initially supplied for sale in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) but no registration traced. (Possibly sale fell through?). Registered as G-UAAQ 1.6.28 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club Ltd; named "Dulmar". [shown in ICAN356 as re-registered as ZS-AAQ but probably never re-registered]
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Roodepoort, Gauteng, 17 km North West of Johannesburg 5.6.28. The crew departed Baragwanath Airport on a local training flight. En route, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in Roodepoort, some 17 km northwest of Johannesburg. Both crew members were injured.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 2.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJnLXVhYXkiXQ== 3.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-roodepoort 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html 5.
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roodepoort Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jan-2008 10:12 |
JINX |
Added |
01-Feb-2008 02:08 |
JINX |
Updated |
17-Jan-2014 00:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-Sep-2017 16:22 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Mar-2018 12:47 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
16-Nov-2023 12:20 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
08-Dec-2023 20:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
10-Dec-2023 10:31 |
TB |
Updated [Country] |
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