ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204083
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 April 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.87B Hornet Moth |
| Owner/operator: | William Prys Owen Evans |
| Registration: | G-ADJY |
| MSN: | 8006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broom Hall, Chilwog, near Pwllheli, Gywnedd -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Broom Hall, near Pwllheli, Gwynedd |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 5992) on 29.7.35 as G-ADJY to Rollason Aircraft Services Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon,Surrey C of A 4980 issued August 1935. Sold on and re-registered (C of R 7111) on 5.6.36 to William Prys Owen Evans., Broom Hall, Chwilog, North Wales.
Written off (destroyed) 6.4.37 when failed to gain height, and hit wall on take-off, Broom Hall, Chilwog, near Pwllheli, Gywnedd. Broom Hall Airfield was a private airfield initially developed for the use of William Prys Evans, the son of Lt-Col Owen Lloyd-Jones-Evans of Broom Hall (former Commanding Officer of 4th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers), who flew a D.H.Hornet Moth (G-ADJY) and for gliding by the Pwllheli and District Gliding Club, in which William was the leading light.
On the 6.4.37, Prys Evans' Hornet Moth G-ADJY failed to gain height on take off and crashed into a stone wall killing the 32-year old Evans, the son and heir of Broom Hall.
Registration G-ADJY cancelled 7.4.37 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADJY.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A7.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
5. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/broom-hall-pwllheli/
6. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1836063
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2018 17:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Jan-2018 17:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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