Date:	Saturday 12 January 1929
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60G Moth Seaplane
Owner/operator:	Sarawak Government Air Service
Registration:	'Royalist'
MSN:	840
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Lupar River, Fort Hill, Simanggang, Sarawak -   Malaysia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Satok Base, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Destination airport:	Lupar River, Fort Hill, Simanggang, Sarawak, Malaysia

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into River Lupar on landing at Fort Hill, Simanggang, Sarawak 12.1.29 after flying under telephone line; inbound from Satok Base, Kuching; both crew - pilot Flight Lieutenant W H Phillips & GE T W Goodban survived and were rescued.

Simanggang is a town and the capital of Sri Aman District and Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, east Malaysia. Located on the Lupar River, it is 193 kilometres (120 mi), a three-hour drive, from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p008.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-other-registers/vo-vp-vr?highlight=WyJ2ci1yYWEiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VR-R.html
5. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simanggang

c/no. 840 DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I engine#62, amended to #41] Seaplane to Sarawak Government with C of A issued 26.10.28. Operated by Sarawak Government Air Service without registration but named “Royalist”.

Note: some published sources state that the airframe was allocated - but may not have taken up - the registration VR-RAA. What is certain is that registration VR-RAA was (re)allocated in 1934 to a completely different DH.60 Moth, c/no 839.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Mar-2024 21:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
12-Mar-2024 21:16	ASN	Updated [Narrative]