Incident de Havilland DH.60G Moth VT-AAG,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356086
 
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Date:Saturday 9 April 1932
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:The Delhi & United Provinces Flying Club
Registration: VT-AAG
MSN: 856
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Safdarjung Airport, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi -   India
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Registration VT-AAG cancelled 9.4.32 as "crashed and written off", presumed at Safdarjung Airport, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, India, where the club was based at the time.

Note: records are ambiguous as to whether VT-AAG crashed in 1929, and the registration was belatedly cancelled 9.4.32...or if the airframe was repaired/rebuilt after the 1929 accident, and written off after crashing for the second and final time in early 1932.

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=WyJ2dC1hYWciXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport#History

History of this aircraft

c/no. 856 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#140, amended to #70] to Air Ministry of India with C of A 1670 issued 1.11.28. Registered as VT-AAG [C of R 37] 12.28 to Government of India and operated by Delhi Flying Club, Delhi; named "Roshanara" (formally named 28.1.29 by Lady Irvin, wife of Indian Viceroy). Registration cancelled 31.5.29 as crashed. Presumably repaired and rebuilt as registration restored [C of R 96] in 1930 to Aero Club of India & Burma Ltd; operated by Delhi Flying Club Ltd. Club renamed The Delhi & United Provinces Flying Club.

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Mar-2024 18:54 Dr. John Smith Added
12-Mar-2024 18:54 ASN Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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