ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153530
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Johannesburg Light Plane Club |
| Registration: | ZS-AFG |
| MSN: | 2177 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Du Toits Kloof, 70 km NE of Capetown -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sold to DH South Africa with C of A 3084 issued 19.6.31. Registered ZS-BBC [C of R 63] 7.31 to Otto Thaning (in special out of sequence marks for the Danish Vice-Consul in Johannesburg). Flown Cape Town to London 6.32. Flown Copenhagen to South Africa, reportedly departing Copenhagen 10.11.32; however test flown at Stag Lane on that date and presumed then to Copenhagen.
Re-registered ZS-AFG 3.12.34 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club. Crashed at Du Toits Kloof. 70 km north east of Capetown, South Africa 4.8.36; both persons on board - J.F. Buchan & K Leigh - were killed.
Sources:
www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p021.htm
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_ZS-1.htm
www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_ZS-.htm
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH80A_Puss_Moth.html
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1932/1932
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2013 15:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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