ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163232
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| Date: | Friday 1 March 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Cirrus II Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Major A M Miller |
| Registration: | ZS-AAF |
| MSN: | 440 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Potchefstroom, North West Province -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa |
| Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
c/no 440 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II #115] to Major A.M Miller, South Africa with C of A 1224 issued 5.10.27. Registered as G-UAAF 2.11.27 to Major A M Miller. Re-registered ZS-AAF 1.29.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa 1.3.29 while on a flight from Potchefstroom, North West Province to Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal. The pilot, the sole person on board, was injured.
Potchefstroom, colloquially known as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier, roughly 120 km west-southwest of Johannesburg and 45 km east-northeast of Klerksdorp.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJnLXVhYWYiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-potchefstroom
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html
6. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potchefstroom
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greytown,_South_Africa
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2014 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-Aug-2017 19:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2018 06:13 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Nov-2023 12:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2023 15:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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