ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153450
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| Date: | Monday 21 June 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Leavens Bros Air Services, Toronto. |
| Registration: | CF-AGQ |
| MSN: | 2015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Marys, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Toronto, |
| Detriot, MI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
To DH Canada as an unassembled air frame; received at DH Downsview 18.7.30 and test flown 23.7.30. Registered CF-AGQ [C of R 910] 31.7.30 to Dougall Cushing [of Barron & Cushing], Westmount, Montreal.
Operated as a float plane until forced landing with engine failure on Rosehill Reservoir, Toronto 24.7.35; rebuilt as land plane. Ran into runway marker and damaged on landing New Hackensack, New York 11.9.36; to De Havilland Canada for repairs. Registered [C of R 910] 20.5.37 to Leavens Bros Air Services, Toronto.
Suffered in-flight structural failure of starboard wing and crashed near St Marys, Ontario
21.6.37 en route Toronto-Detroit with a cargo of mail; pilot Arthur D Leavens, passengers Al Ogden and Charles Sockett killed. Registration cancelled 20.8.37.
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p020.htm
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_CF-.htm
http://www.baaa-acro.com/Fiches%20d'accidents/1937/CF-AGQ.htm
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
http://www.baaa-acro.com/Types%20d'avions/De%20Havilland%20DH80%20Puss%20Moth.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2013 17:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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