ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24944
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| Date: | Thursday 27 February 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Cinque Ports Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBPM |
| MSN: | 353 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Smarden, West of Ashford, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH.60 Moth [Cirrus II] registered as G-EBPM [C of R 1319] 18.11.26 to The Hon Geoffrey Cuncliffe, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 1082 issued 27.1.27. Advertised as "first production Cirrus II Moth". Used by The Duchess of Bedford for 4,500-mile tour through France, Spain and Tangier, departing Woburn Abbey 21.4.27 and returning 12.5.27; flown by Capt C.D. Barnard.
Advertised as being for sale at Brooklands in 1.28. Re-registered [C of R 1587] 6.3.28 to Alexander F. Wallace, Stag Lane. Sold in 5.29 (via Brooklands School of Flying) and re-registered [C of R 2064] 13.6.29 to Cinque Ports Flying Club Ltd, Lympne. Damaged in heavy landing Lympne 10.6.29; to Brooklands for repair.
Crashed at Smarden, west of Ashford, Kent 27.2.30. A few minutes after takeoff from Lympne, while flying west of Ashford, the single engine aircraft crashed in an open field. Both occupants were injured. According to a contemporary newspaper report into the incident ("Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald" - Saturday 8 March 1930):
"CINQUE PORTS PLANE DAMAGED.
Pilot and Passenger Uninjured After Crash.
Mr. L. Milton, a member of the Cinque Ports Flying Club, and his passenger, escaped uninjured when they crashed in a ’plane, belonging to the Cinque Ports Club, at Smarden on Thursday of last week. Mr. Milton ran into fog over Smarden, and decided to land. He selected a field, but in landing the machine, G-EBPM, was extensively damaged. The aircraft had only recently been extensively overhauled. An enquiry will be held into the accident."
Registration cancelled 12.30 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 08 March 1930:
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
4. http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-smarden
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBPM.pdf
6. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15523.0
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2013 23:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2019 13:58 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Feb-2020 21:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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