ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153567
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| Date: | Saturday 2 November 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The Durban Light Plane Club |
| Registration: | ZS-ADT |
| MSN: | 2115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stamford Hill Aerdrome, Durban -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stamford Hill, Durban, RSA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ABFY [C of R 2884] 11.30 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane; (the 1931 "Type" machine). C of A 2823 issued 22.11.30. Displayed on Morane-Saulnier stand by DeHavilland at Paris Aero Show 28.11.30-14.12.30. Sold to M. Bailly at Show, but French authorities refused certificate and order thus cancelled.
Re-registered [C of R 2977] 1.31 to Alfred Ellison, Castle Bromwich. Re-registered [C of R 3421] 5.9.31 to Lt Frederick E Clifford, Heston and flown by him to South Africa in 9.31.
After touring South Africa, Clifford sold it locally and returned to UK by sea 4.32. C of A lapsed 10.9.32 and registration cancelled 11.32 as sold. Known to have been on strength of The Durban Light Plane Club in 7.32 as G-ABFY. Presumed re-registered in South Africa, probably as ZS-ADT. (A photo of this aircraft with the registration ZS-ADT clearly visible exists, dated 13.11.32)
Crashed on take off from Stamford Hill Aerodrome, Durban, South Africa on 2.11.35
NOTE: Some sources say that this aircraft was subsequently repaired and sold on to new owners (Aero Colonial) in Mozambique as CR-MAD
Sources:
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p021.htm
http://www.fad.co.za/2012/06/28/zs-adt/
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_ZS-.htm
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_CR-M.htm
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABFY.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2013 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Feb-2013 18:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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