Incident de Havilland DH.60M Moth ZS-ADG,
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Date:unk. date 1932
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:Johannesburg Aeronautical Association
Registration: ZS-ADG
MSN: 1416
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Harrismith, Free State -   South Africa
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Rand Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination airport:Durban, South Africa
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) when crashed in mist near Harrismith, en-route to Durban [date unconfirmed but reported as 1931, which seems unlikely?]. More likely to have crashed in 1932.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AARL.pdf
3. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrismith

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1416 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #769] registered G-AARL [C of R 2271] 9.29 to John Evan Carberry (Lord Carbery), Nairobi, Kenya. C of A 2235 issued 27.9.29. Re-registered [C of R 3210] 28.5.31 to Samuel Norman Turner, Nyeri, Kenya. C of A lapsed 26.9.30. Registration cancelled 9.31 as 'sold abroad'.

To Joseph R King, Johannesburg, South Africa 9.31 (in part exchange for Waco ZS-ABZ). Possibly registered as ZS-ADG. Re-registered [C of R 86] 7.1.32 to Johannesburg Aeronautical Association.

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Feb-2024 17:21 Dr. John Smith Added
03-Feb-2024 17:24 harro Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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