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Date: | Monday 13 February 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | The Dehli Flying Club Ltd |
Registration: | VT-AFC |
MSN: | 3056 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana -
India
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (HYD/VOHY) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed into military bungalow compound on take-off from Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, Telangana, India 13.2.39 following engine failure; both on board injured.
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=WyJ2dC1hZHAiXQ== 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p030.html 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begumpet_Airport#History
History of this aircraft
c/no. 3056 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy] to Capt. Lamplough [presumably of British Aviation Insurance Group] without engine or C of A [and thus used in rebuild?]. Registered in India as VT-AFC 3.3.34 to United Provinces Flying Club Ltd, Lucknow. Registered [C of R 208/1] 26.2.35 to The Raja of Vizianagram, Vizianagram. Registered to The Delhi Flying Club Ltd.
Registration VT-AFC cancelled 13.2.39.
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Feb-2024 07:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Feb-2024 07:54 |
ASN |
Updated [Narrative] |