ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1360
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| Date: | 09-FEB-1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Flying & Services Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-CAUR |
| MSN: | 860 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cornwall, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Montreal |
| Cornwall, Ontario | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] to DH Canada with C of A 1644 issued 12.10.28; delivered to DH Canada at Mount Dennis 25.10.28. Registered as G-CAUR [C of R 527] 26.10.28 to A S Dawes, Montreal. Sold 21.2.29 (but not re-registered) to F Farwell, Montreal; rebuilt with parts from G-CARV (c/n 610) and fitted with Cirrus II engine. Re-registered 25.9.29 to Flying & Services Ltd, Montreal.
Severely damaged when crashed at Cornwall, Ontario 9.2.30 and withdrawn from use. Registration lapsed 10.2.30 and cancelled 30.3.35. Sold (but not re-registered) to P E Rozon, Montreal; rebuilt but not re-registered. Sold (but not re-registered) to R Page, Chicoutimi, Quebec.
On 12.11.43, an escaped Army deserter/bank robber used the Moth at Chicoutimi (which by this time, it was apparently painted incorrectly as "CF-AUR" (CF-AUR was a Waco UKC c/n 3847, which was withdrawn from use on 16.1.41). Fate and further details on this story are not known.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
3. http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-cornwall
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2008 05:53 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jan-2014 01:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 23-Jan-2019 14:45 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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