ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1201
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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | T. F. Carr |
| Registration: | G-CAJV |
| MSN: | 554 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. John, New Brunswick |
| North Wallace, Nova Scotia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 554: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II engine #263] sold to DeHavilland Canada with C of A 1333 issued 13.3.28. Delivered to DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 16.4.28; erected and re-flown 20.4.28. Registered as G-CAJV [C of R 406] 13.6.28 to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Toronto, and used as demonstrator.
Delivered 17.10.28 and registered (C of R 406) 18.2.29 to Aircraft Ltd, Toronto. Re-registered (C of R 406) 21.2.30 to Skyways Ltd, Toronto. Sold 5.3.30 (but not re-registered) to R M Davis & A Hayden-Bailey, t/a Northern Airways, Peterborough, Ontario. Crashed on take-off from boggy ground Sundridge, Ontario 7.5.30 (pilot C H Roy); sold for repairs. Re-registered (C of R 406) 11.7.30 to T F Carr, St Thomas, Ontario (later Saint John, New Brunswick). Rebuilt and returned to service later in 1930.
Written off when stalled and spun in on approach and destroyed by fire at North Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia 7.8.32; pilot/owner T.F. Carr badly injured; passenger Miss M.G. Horton killed. Registration cancelled same day.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. "Nova Scotia Girl A Victim": New York Times August 8, 1932, Page 10: https://www.nytimes.com/1932/08/08/archives/nova-scotia-girl-a-victim.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-north-wallace-1-killed
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
5. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhanYiXQ==
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace,_Nova_Scotia
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 00:43 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jan-2014 20:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 13:22 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Jan-2024 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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