ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1237
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| Date: | Monday 25 February 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ontario Provincial Air Service |
| Registration: | G-CAOW |
| MSN: | 402 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sioux Lookout, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Salut St Marie, Ontario |
| Sioux Lookout, Ontario | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 402 DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II #75] delivered to Dept of Lands & Forests, Ontario with C of A 1161 issued 1.7.27. Shipped on the s.s. "Montmain" 30.6.27; arrived at Sault Ste Marie 11.7.27. Registered as G-CAOW [C of R 310] 20.7.27 (or 12.9.27?) to Ontario Government Forestry Branch, Sault Ste Marie; operated by Ontario Provincial Air Service (coded "Wren").
Substantially damaged 25.2.29 when crashed at Sioux Lookout, Ontario. Rebuilt 22.4.32 as DH.60M [c/no 1342] and fitted with Gipsy I, and registration restored. Fitted with Gipsy II 12.5.34. Registered [C of R 2987] 6.1.43 to Ontario Provincial Air Service, Sault Ste Marie. Sold 23.4.49 to Hall's Air Service, Val d'Or, Quebec; not taken up, and aircraft presumed scrapped
Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, located approximately 350 km (220 mi) northwest of Thunder Bay.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhb3ciXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-sioux-lookout
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Lookout
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 21:09 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2013 08:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2023 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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