ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161425
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| Date: | Friday 1 May 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Prince Jean Ghica |
| Registration: | CV-TUR (2nd) |
| MSN: | 1805 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Băneasa Airport, Bucharest -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Băneasa Airport, Bucharest (BBU/LRBS) |
| Băneasa Airport, Bucharest (BBU/LRBS) |
c/no 1805: DH.60G [Gipsy I] to Prince Jean Ghica of Romania with UK C of A 2722 issued 16.9.30. Registered as CV-TUR (the second - as a replacement for c/no 1269, which crashed on delivery 10.7.30). The New York Times (see link #1) implies that the aircraft was delivered by 19.3.31.
Spun in from 3,000 feet and written off at Băneasa Airport, near Bucharest 1.5.31; pilot (Prince Jean Ghica) badly injured and passenger killed.
NOTE: This was the second DH.60G Gipsy Moth to be registered as CV-TUR, replacing c/no 1269 which crashed at Tetven, Bugaria on 10.7.1930 (which see)
Sources:
1. New York Times 19 March 1931: https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/19/archives/prince-ghica-here-today-flying-rumanian-confident-his-new-plane.html
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.thai-aviation.net/files/YR_Register.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-bucharest-1-killed
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurel_Vlaicu_International_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2013 00:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Oct-2013 17:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2017 17:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2019 16:09 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 19-May-2023 13:07 | TB | Updated [[Source]] |
| 28-Nov-2023 14:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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