ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25855
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| Date: | Sunday 4 August 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wilson Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KAC |
| MSN: | 1004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Langata, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
c/no. 1004 DH.60G [Gipsy I engine #425] to H Penny Ltd, South Africa (via Airwork Ltd) with C of A 2003 issued 25.4.29. Registered in Kenya as VP-KAC [C of R 3] 2.7.29 to Mrs Florence Kerr Wilson & Tom Campbell-Black, t/a Wilson Airways, Nairobi; named "Knight of the Mist" (delivered 5.7.29 as their first aircraft - Wilson Airways Ltd formed 31.7.29)
Flown back to UK by Tom Campbell-Black [with passenger H.A. White of Chicago Field Museum], then flown out to Kenya again by Flt Lt F A Swoffer [Wilson's second pilot] from Croydon to Nairobi, leaving 21.9.29 and arriving after various delays 21.10.29
Crashed 4.8.35 in a stall turn on approach to Wilson Airport, Nairobi. The pilot was performing a cargo flight when on final approach to Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Langata, Nairobi, Kenya while completing a last turn, he lost control of the aircraft and it crashed in flames. The passenger and the pilot A. J. Master were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post-crash fire.
Registration VP-KAC cancelled 3rd Quarter of 1935 (=between 1.9.1935 and 31.12.1935)
Wilson Airport (IATA: WIL, ICAO: HKNW) is an airport in Nairobi, Kenya. The airport was established as Nairobi West Aerodrome in 1929 by Florence Kerr Wilson, a wealthy widow. Built at a cost of £50,000 (=£3.2 million at 2020 prices), Mrs Wilson hired pilot Tom Campbell Black to run the airport. In 1962, it was named Wilson Airport in honour of its founder who died in 1968
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-K.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2cC1rYWMiXQ==
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-nairobi
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p010.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Dec-2013 05:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Aug-2017 20:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 19-Nov-2020 18:44 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2023 15:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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