Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-EBZE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163378
 
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Date:Sunday 2 April 1933
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:John Stark
Registration: G-EBZE
MSN: 643
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex
Destination airport:Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex
Narrative:
c/no 643: DH.60X [Cirrus II] registered as G-EBZE [C of R 1677] 6.7.28 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex, and operated by the DH School of Flying. C of A 1490 issued 7.7.28.

Re-registered [C of R 2065] 8.6.29 to The Brooklands School of Flying Ltd, Brooklands, West Byfleet, Surrey (delivered 7.6.29 as a replacement for G-EBPR). Re-registered [C of R 2806] 30.9.30 to Edwin H Freshfield, Brooklands, later Newmarket Road, Cambridge.

Re-registered [C of R 3309] 31.7.31 to Jack Cattley, Wickham Bishops, Essex (but based at Brooklands). Re-registered [C of R 3757] 17.5.32 to John Stark, Woodford Green, Essex (and based at Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex).

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex in March 1933; registration G-EBZE cancelled 2.4.33 as "withdrawn from use" (over a month prior to C of A expiry 9.5.33).

NOTE: As the exact date of the crash which brought about this aircraft's demise is not known other than it was between 1.3.1933 and 31.3.1933 - a "nominal" date of 2.4.33 - the date of the registration was cancelled - has been assigned, pending discovery of the exact crash date

Sources:

1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBZE.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWViemUiXQ==
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-broxbourne
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1980.pdf

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2014 23:52 Dr. John Smith Added
25-Aug-2017 16:36 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2020 18:40 Sergey L. Updated [Operator, Source]
21-Nov-2023 07:21 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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