Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth S-AABM,
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Date:Friday 4 May 1928
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:Aero Materiel A/B
Registration: S-AABM
MSN: 480
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:sea off Tranholmen Island, between Tranholmen and Lidingö -   Sweden
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Lindarängen, Stockholm, Sweden
Destination airport:Lindarängen, Stockholm, Sweden
Narrative:
DH.60X MSN 480 [Cirrus II]: sold to Aero Materiel A/B, Sweden with C of A issued 2.12.27 (and delivered 2.1.28). Registered as S-AABM [C of R 57/C of A 81] 28.1.28 to Aero Materiel A/B, Stockholm and used by their flying school.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in the sea between Tranholmen and Lidningö, Stockholm, Sweden 4.5.28. The crew departed Stockholm for a local training flight. While completing a sharp turn at low height, the airplane stalled and crashed in the sea off Tranholmen Island. Both pilots were rescued and the aircraft was lost.

Registration cancelled 12.5.28

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_S-.html
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-stockholm
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17531
7. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=248&t=17564&p=46989&sid=be3fd65c2a24b8417c7be58f0854e927#p46989

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2014 22:15 Dr. John Smith Added
03-Sep-2017 17:21 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Nov-2017 08:48 aviator Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Sep-2023 16:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]

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