Date:	Saturday 31 October 1936
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	United Provinces Flying Club Ltd
Registration:	VT-ABX
MSN:	1713
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	River Ganges, near Cawnpore (Kanpur), Uttar Pradesh -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Cawnpore (Kanpur) Airport, Cawnpore (Kanpur), Uttar Pradesh, India (KNA/VIKA)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into the river Ganges, 20 mins after take-off from Cawnpore. L Caster, chief ground engineer of UPFC, killed.

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p017.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJ2dC1hYngiXQ==
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1991.pdf (p. 91/106)

c/no. 1713 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #742] to DeHavilland India with C of A 3180 issued 21.8.31 [initially allocated to Delhi Flying Club]. Delivered 10.10.31 and registered as VT-ABX [C of R 126] 17.11.31 to Jodhpur Flying Club, Jodhpur. Forced landed at Kairla (Kerala) 9.4.32 after being struck by hawk; not badly damaged. Repaired and returned to service. Sold 13.1.35 and re-registered [C of R 126/1] 29.1.35 to The United Provinces Flying Club Ltd, Lucknow.

Registration VT-ABX cancelled as written off 1.11.36.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Feb-2024 21:04	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-Feb-2024 21:06	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative]
03-Feb-2024 21:07	harro	Updated [Other fatalities, Source]