ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48449
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Sunday 31 December 1933 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
Owner/operator: | Yugoslav Navy |
Registration: | 73 |
MSN: | 1181 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Kumbor, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor, Dalmatian Coast -
Montenegro
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Yugoslav minelayer vessel Zmaj, off Kumbor, Dalmatia |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 1181: DH.60G [Gipsy I] Seaplane to Ministry of War & Marine, Yugoslavia with C of A 2239 issued 17.9.29. Assigned to service aboard the Yugoslav minelayer vessel "Zmaj": the vessel was designed so that a single disassembled DeHavilland DH.60 Moth floatplane was stored in the aircraft hold, between the forward superstructure and the mainmast. Its components would be moved from the hold by the aircraft crane to the after deck where it could be assembled. Then the aircraft would be swayed over the side where it could be launched
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed while performing a loop off Kumbor, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor, Dalmation Coast, Montenegro (at approximate co-ordinates: 42°26′26″N 18°35′09″) in 1933*. The pilot was performing aerobatic manoeuvre on a demo flight near Kumbor, Montenegro when he lost control of the aircraft and it crashed into the sea. The pilot was killed.
(*Hence "nominal" date of 31.12.33, pending confirmation of exact date - aircraft definitely crashed between 1.1.33 and 31.12.33)
Sources:
1. Air Enthusiast 51
2. Freivogel, Dr. Zvonimir (2001). "The Royal Yugoslav Seaplane Tender & Minelayer Zmaj". Warship International. Toledo, OH: International Naval Research Organization. XXXVIII (1): 46–55. ISSN 0043-0374.
3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_minelayer_Zmaj#General_characteristics 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html 5.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf 6.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-kumbor-1-killed 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbor Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Nov-2008 06:27 |
harro |
Added |
09-Dec-2011 17:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jan-2014 18:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative] |
25-Aug-2017 15:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Aug-2020 16:12 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
06-Nov-2023 07:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Country, Departure airport, Narrative, Category] |
11-Nov-2023 08:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation