ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146062
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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  DeHavilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Nederlandse Indische Vliegclub |
| Registration: | PK-SAI |
| MSN: | 1485 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lembang, near Bandoeng, West Java -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Andir Airfield, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia |
| Andir Airfield, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia |
c/no. 1485: DH.60M Gipsy Moth [Gipsy I]: registered as G-AAVU [C of R 2476] March 1930 to Miss Elise Williams, Hanworth. C of A 2453 issued 4.4.30. Re-registered [C of R 3247] 10.6.31 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Brooklands; operated by Brooklands School of Flying.
Crashed into windsock or flagstaff on landing RAF Hendon, Middlesex 8.11.31; Pilot, Capt. Edward A. [Ted] Jones, Chief Flying Instructor of Brooklands School of Flying killed. Registration cancelled 2.12.31.
Presumed rebuilt in early 1932, as registered in the Dutch East Indies as a DH.60G PK-SAI 30.7.32 to Nederlandse Indische Vliegclub, Bandung (based Andir); named "Kriel".
Crashed 24.4.36 at Lembang, near Bandoeng, West Java, killing one of the two persons on board. An instructor and one student pilot (a female) were performing a training flight in Lembang, near Bandoeng, West Java. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the single engine aircraft hit high tension wires and crashed. The instructor H. C. Keim was slightly injured while the student pilot, Mrs. Van Lierop, was killed (reportedly death by drowning - the aircraft crashed into swampland). The pilot was charged with "reckless conduct", and was sentenced to six months imprisonment from 25.9.36 (until 25.3.37). The original sentence was eight months, reduced to six months on appeal.
Registration cancelled 26.4.36. The identity of PK-SAI is unconfirmed although it was registered with c/no. 1485 and its condition on import required a total rebuild.
Lembang is a town and administrative village of West Bandung Regency in the province of West Java on Java, Indonesia. Lembang is situated between 1,312 and 2,084 meters above sea level. Its highest point is on top of Tangkuban Perahu Mt.
Sources:
1. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1936.htm#26.04.1936
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAVU.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-lembang-1-killed
5. http://jmgrisnich.nl/tag/de-havilland-dh-60-moth/#_ftn13
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PK-.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husein_Sastranegara_International_Airport#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembang
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1931 | G-AAVU | Brooklands School of Flying | 1 | RAF Hendon, Middlesex |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2012 12:38 | harro | Added |
| 13-Jan-2015 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2015 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Aug-2017 13:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2019 13:37 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Jul-2019 09:20 | Cobar | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 02-Jan-2021 18:32 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2023 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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