Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-CYYO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163307
 
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Date:Sunday 16 June 1929
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
Registration: G-CYYO
MSN: 492
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Shirley's Bay, 10 miles from Ottawa, Ontario -   Canada
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Shirley's Bay, 10 miles from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no.492: DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II #300]. Delivered to Canadian Ministry of Defence with C of A 1359 issued 16.4.28. Taken on charge by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as G-CYYO 7.7.28.

Crashed 16.6.29: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on takeoff at Shirley's Bay, 10 miles from Ottawa, Ontario, injuring both crew members.

Not repaired: Struck off charge 5.9.29.

Shirleys Bay is a bay of the Ottawa River, about sixteen kilometres (10 miles) from downtown Ottawa in Ontario, Canada


Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
2. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/cab_detail_xa_zz.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-shirleys-bay
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirleys_Bay

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Jan-2014 19:29 Dr. John Smith Added
31-Aug-2017 14:07 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
31-Aug-2017 14:08 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
22-Jan-2018 19:39 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2018 14:19 Sergey L. Updated [Cn]
20-Nov-2022 19:01 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
30-Oct-2023 15:49 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]]

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