ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318143
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| Date: | Saturday 18 January 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G III Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | Enrique Caruso |
| Registration: | LV-YBA |
| MSN: | 5059 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monte Hermoso, Province of Buenos Áires -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Monte Hermoso, Province of Buenos Áires, Argentina |
| Monte Hermoso, Province of Buenos Áires, Argentina |
c/no. 5059 DH 60G III Moth Major [Gipsy Major engine #5480]. Certificate of Airworthiness 4198 issued to Evans Thornton & Co. 26.2.34. Registered as R267, to Evans Thornton and Co. SRL 27.8.34; used as a demonstrator. To James Honor (partner of William Hillcoat and representative of Curtiss Aircraft) in 1935. To Norberto Fils Fernandez, May 1936 based in Río Gallegos, then Territory of Santa Cruz.
Re-registered as LV-YBA, Norberto Fils Fernández 1938. To Aero Club Río Gallegos, 1940: accident in Quiroga, province of Buenos Aires, 22.8.1945 emergency landing, severely damaged, and taken out of service. To Yves Cocogne, and rebuilt, 1947. Definitively disqualified (registration cancelled) in 1953. To Enrique Caruso, rebuilt again and rehabilitated (registration LV-YBA restored) 7.9.59.
Written off 18-1-64 when crashed at Monte Hermoso, Province of Buenos Áires, Argentina; stalled and croshed on approach.
Monte Hermoso is a town located on the Atlantic coast of Argentina, some 100 km (62 miles) east of the city of Bahía Blanca, in the south of the Province of Buenos Aires. It is the administrative seat of the partido of Monte Hermoso.
Sources:
1. Gabriel Pavlovcic: Registro Completo de Aeronaves de Argentina (2012)
2. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/search?q=LV-YBA
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_LV-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Hermoso
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2023 04:57 | gwydd | Added |
| 24-Sep-2023 06:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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