ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153498
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| Date: | Sunday 25 August 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rajah IV Krishna Rao |
| Registration: | VT-ABU |
| MSN: | 2124 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chowtapalem, near Ponnalur, 13 miles south of Kandukur, Nellore -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Juhu Aerodrome Madras, India (VAJJ) |
| Hyderabad, India |
Sold to DH India with C of A 2860 issued 30.12.30. Registered VT-ABU [C of R 109] 4.7.31 to Dr Sarukhai Rangachary, St.Thomas Mount (Madras). Registered [C of R 176] 1.6.33 to Rajah IV Krishna Rao, t/a The Madras Air Taxi Service, Madras. Registered [C of R 176/1] 6.6.34 to The Madras Flying Club Ltd, St Thomas Mount. Registered [C of R 176/2] on 2.5.35 to Rajah IV Krishna Rao, Madras.
Crashed after wing broke off at Chowtapalem, Andhra Pradesh, near Ponnalur, 13 miles south of Kandukur, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, 25.8.35; all three persons on board - owner Rajah IV Krishna Rao, Flying Officer Ernest Norman Victor Everett, RAFO [Madras Flying Club instructor] & passenger H.J. Carter [of Imperial Tobacco Co] - were killed. Registration cancelled 26.9.35 as written off
East Choutapalem (Telugu: ఈస్ట్ చౌటపాలెం) is a village in Darsi Mandal, Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Sources:
1. http://warbirds.in/Civil/regnpage.php?cur=50&max=50&fmreg=AAA&toreg=ZZZ&acname=&cropt=
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80-puss-moth-chowtapalem-3-killed
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh80.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vt-aaa.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Choutapalem
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2013 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Feb-2019 20:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2020 17:13 | Cobar | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2021 08:58 | Cobar | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 20-Sep-2023 16:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Destination airport]] |
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