Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth CH-226,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352104
 
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Date:Saturday 23 March 1929
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:L Garfunkel
Registration: CH-226
MSN: 433
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Tempelhof Airfield, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin -   Germany
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
According to Swiss records the aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair) 23.3.1929 when crashed at Tempelhof Airfield, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Swiss Registration CH-226 cancelled 31.8.29.

Re-registered (registration restored) D-1238 10.29 to Paul Ebner, Templehof, Berlin (again). Registration cancelled as 'destroyed by fire' 11.29. Note that Ebner took delivery of DH.60G airframe c/no. 1163 in 8.29 and this may have been used in rebuild.

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CH-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tempelhof_Airport#History

History of this aircraft

c/no 433 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II?] to Deutsche Sportflieger Club, Berlin without engine or C of A. Possibly used in rebuild of c/no 374. (Which crashed 6.6.27, killing Junkers test pilot Alfred Heft - see separate entry).
Registered in Germany as D-1238 2.28 to Paul Ebner, Templehof Airfield, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin. Registration cancelled May 1928. Re-registered in Switzerland as CH-226 2.6.28 to L Garfunkel, Birsfelden [but probably still based at Templehof Airport, Berlin].


Re-registered (registration restored) D-1238 10.29 to Paul Ebner, Templehof, Berlin (again). Registration cancelled as 'destroyed by fire' 11.29. Note that Ebner took delivery of DH.60G airframe c/no. 1163 in 8.29 and this may have been used in rebuild.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Mar-2024 09:07 Dr. John Smith Added
01-Mar-2024 09:09 ASN Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]

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