ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1238
Last updated: 13 June 2020
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| Date: | 12-JUL-1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Ontario Provincial Air Service |
| Registration: | G-CAOV |
| C/n / msn: | 401 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pine Ridge, Lake Seul, Kenora District, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Lake Seul, Kenora District, Ontario |
c/no. 401 DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II]: delivered to Dept of Lands & Forests, Ontario with C of A 1160 issued 1.7.27. Shipped to Quebec on the s.s. "Empress of Australia" from 25.6.27 to 2.7.27. Registered G-CAOV [C of R 309] 12.9.27 to Ontario Government Forestry Branch, Sault Sainte Marie; operated by Ontario Provincial Air Service, named "Vulture".
Engine failure, forced landed and overturned at Pine Ridge, Lake Seul, Kenora District, Ontario 12.7.28; The engine failed en route. Pilot tried to make an emergency landing on Lake Seul but aircraft crashed at approximate Co ordinates: 50°20′N 92°30′W. Pilot was killed. G-CAOV may have been repaired and returned to service, as registration not cancelled until 30.4.32 (almost four years later)
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1928/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-60-moth-in-ontario/]
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/96-register-canada-g-c
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac_Seul
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 21:09 | JINX | Added |
| 09-Dec-2011 16:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Sep-2017 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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