ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233725
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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Deutscher Luftsport Verband (DVL) |
| Registration: | D-2298 |
| MSN: | 679 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Johannisthal Airfield, Berlin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Johannisthal Airfield, Berlin, Germany |
| Berlin-Johannisthal Airfield, Berlin, Germany |
c/no. 679: DH.60X Moth with auto-slots [Cirrus II engine], first registered as G-EBZH [C of R 1680] 9.7.28 to Lionel John Porter Fowler, Richmond, Surrey; as nominee for Maurice Nathan of Fiat Motors Ltd (aircraft based at Stag Lane. Edgware, Middlesex). C of A 1535 issued 24.7.28. Re-registered [C of R 2273] 19.9.29 to Brooklands School of Flying Ltd, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey (but as nominee for German owner R Runtz-Rees). Registration G-EBZH cancelled 7.32 as 'sold abroad'.
Re-registered in Germany as D-2298 in 7.32 to B. A. Kohls, Berlin. Substantially damaged when crashed on landing at Berlin-Templehof 30.7.32. Registration D-2298 cancelled 8.32 as 'destroyed'.
Repaired and rebuilt, being registered in 7.33 to Wiesner & Co, Berlin and UK C of A issued 6.9.33. To Deutsche Luftsport-Verband (DLV). Aircraft based at Berlin-Templehof, Berlin, Germany
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.3.34: Student pilot Stiller crashed near Johannisthal Airfield, Berlin. The pilot was performing a local training flight at Berlin-Johannisthal Airport. Upon landing, the airplane went out of control and crashed. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The pilot Stiller was completing his 50th solo flight at the time of the accident.
The Johannisthal Air Field, located 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of central Berlin, between Johannisthal and Adlershof, was Germany's first commercial airfield. It opened on 26 September 1909, a few weeks after the world's first airfield at Rheims, France
Sources:
1. Jenaer Volksblatt 6 March 1934
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-berlin
5. As G-EBZH: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWViemgiXQ==
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannisthal_Air_Field
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1932 | D-2298 | B.A. Kohls | 1 | Tempelhof Airport, Berlin | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2020 09:35 | TB | Added |
| 04-Jul-2022 23:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Nov-2023 13:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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