Date:	Tuesday 23 April 1929
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	Toronto Flying Club
Registration:	G-CAVF
MSN:	688
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Leaside Aerodrome, Leaside, NE of Toronto, Ontario -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Leaside Aerodrome, Leaside, NE of Toronto, Ontario
Destination airport:

Narrative:
c/no 688: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] delivered to DeHavilland Canada with C of A 1573 issued 14.8.28; delivered to DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 6.9.28. Registered as G-CAVF [C of R 498] 10.9.28 to Aeronautical Association of Canada Ltd, t/a Toronto Flying Club.

Written off when spun in on take-off from Leaside Aerodrome, Leaside, NE of Toronto, Ontario 23.4.29 and destroyed by fire. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the single aircraft crashed in a field, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.

Crew:
W. K. Mackenzie, pilot.
N. C. Marshall, passenger

Registration cancelled 31.3.30.

Leaside Aerodrome was an airport in the Town of Leaside, Ontario (now a neighbourhood of Toronto). It opened in 1917 as a Royal Flying Corps airfield during the First World War. The Toronto Flying Club closed the airport in 1931.

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-leaside-2-killed
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaside_Aerodrome

DH.60 Moth G-CAVF over Leaside Aerodrome, Toronto, Ontario on 9.4.29; crashed two weeks after this photograph was taken, killing the pilot and passenger. The Canada Wire and Cable and Durant Motor Company factories are visible on the ground.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Feb-2008 06:05	JINX	Added
09-Jan-2014 22:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2017 18:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
28-Sep-2018 14:09	Sergey L.	Updated [Source]
24-Nov-2023 07:39	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]
14-Dec-2023 09:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]