Accident de Havilland DH.60T Moth K-146,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175139
 
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Date:Friday 9 December 1932
Time:noon
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60T Moth
Owner/operator:Escola de Aviacao Militar,
Registration: K-146
MSN: 3006
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Campo de Bacachery, Aeroporto Curitiba-Bacacheri, Paraná -   Brazil
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Aeroporto Curitiba-Bacacheri, Paraná, Brazil (BFH/SBBI)
Destination airport:Aeroporto Curitiba-Bacacheri, Paraná, Brazil (BFH/SBBI)
Narrative:
c/no 3006: DH.60T Moth [Gipsy II #2238] to Escola de Aviacao Militar, Brazil with C of A 3374 issued 24.2.32. To Brazilian Army as K-146 in 3.32

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9.12.32: Crashed at Campo de Bacachery, Aeroporto Curitiba-Bacacheri, Paraná, Brazil. The single engine airplane was completing a local flight out from Curitiba-Bacacheri Airport, carrying one civilian passenger and one pilot. For unknown reasons, the airplane went out of control and crashed near the airport, killing both occupants, Pilot Carlos Freitas and a civilian passenger. As "Potz" in local press.

Sources:

1. http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fdm/1932/12/11/1//4615618
2. http://forum.aeroentusiasta.com.br/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27201
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60t-moth-curitiba-2-killed
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacacheri_Airport#History

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Apr-2015 06:58 junior sjc Added
06-Apr-2015 06:58 harro Updated [Aircraft type]
30-May-2016 04:13 junior sjc Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Damage, Narrative]
08-Jun-2016 06:50 junior sjc Updated [Total occupants]
27-Oct-2016 13:38 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
27-Oct-2016 15:12 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2016 18:53 TB Updated [Operator]
12-Aug-2017 22:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
15-Sep-2019 18:21 TB Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative]
22-Nov-2023 15:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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