Incident de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth G-AAYK,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153460
 
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Date:Friday 1 April 1932
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH80 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth
Owner/operator:British Air Transport Ltd
Registration: G-AAYK
MSN: 2034
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Croydon Airport, London (EGCR)
Destination airport:Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Registered as G-AAYK [C of R 2571] 5.5.30 to Captain Allen A Havelock Charles, Waltham Abbey. C of A 2640 issued 11.7.30. Registered [C of R 3428] 15.9.31 to [Charles' company] British Air Transport Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex 1.4.32; pilot R. Bliss injured. Registration G-AAYK cancelled 2.1.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAYK.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1527231

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Feb-2013 19:30 Dr. John Smith Added
26-Nov-2017 16:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
17-Apr-2020 15:36 Sergey L. Updated [Cn]

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