ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 345786
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| Date: | Friday 20 January 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Bombay Flying Club |
| Registration: | VT-AAE |
| MSN: | 854 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baroda (Varoda), Gujarat -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bombay (Mumbai) India |
| Baroda (Varoda), Gujarat, India | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 854: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I #138, amended to #97]. Sold to Air Ministry of India with C of A 1697 issued 19.11.28. Registered in India as VT-AAE [C of R 35] 10.1.29 to Govt of India and operated by Bombay Flying Club, Bombay. Re-registered [C of R 95] 8.7.30 to Aero Club of India & Burma Ltd; operated by Bombay Flying Club. Re-registered [C of R 114] 31.7.31 to Bombay Flying Club Ltd. Reported as converted to DH.60M (by 1.33).
Overturned on landing Baroda (Varoda), Gujarat, India 20.1.33, avoiding a woman who had strayed onto the runway. Possibly not repaired, as the registration VT-AAE was cancelled 31.12.33 as "crashed and written off".
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJ2dC1hYWUiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadodara_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2023 07:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Sep-2023 07:36 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Jan-2024 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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