Incident de Havilland DH.60M Moth S-356,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182950
 
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Date:Thursday 15 September 1932
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:Flyvevåbnet (Danish Army Flying Corps)
Registration: S-356
MSN: 1445
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hjarbæk Fjord, Midtjylland, 12 km North of Viborg -   Denmark
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Hjarbæk Fjord, Midtjylland, Denmark
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no. 1445: DH.60M [Gipsy I] Moth Seaplane to Danish Army (Flyverkorpset) with C of A 2353 issued 23.12.29. Dispatched from Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex via the s.s. "Argo" 28.12.29 and taken on charge as S-106 by/on 31.1.30. (Aircraft crated and shipped by sea to Denmark during January 1930, rather than flown). Re-serialled S-356 in 1932.

Written off (destroyed) when crashed on take-off Hjarbæk Fjord, Midtjylland, 12 km North of Viborg, 15.9.32 (at approximate coordinates: 56° 33'N, 9°17'E). Both crew on board survived and were rescued

Sources:

1. https://www.milfly.dk/pdf/hmoth.pdf
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/history%20acft%20dk.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
5. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-hjarbaek
6. https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Hjarb%C3%A6k_Fjord

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Dec-2015 09:44 JINX Added
06-Jan-2016 16:50 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category]
14-Jan-2016 14:50 TB Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative]
12-Aug-2017 22:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
23-Nov-2023 17:04 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
24-Nov-2023 07:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Category]

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