ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179321
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 1939 |
| Time: | 11:55 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60T Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Clube de São Paulo |
| Registration: | PP-TDU |
| MSN: | 30.. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ponte Pequena, Bom Retiro district, São Paulo. -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Campo de Marte, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Campo de Marte, São Paulo, Brazil |
de Havilland DH.60T Gipsy Moth, Aero Clube de São Paulo; Origin unknown but very likely ex-Brazilian Military (ex-Escola de Aviacao Militar, Brazil from a batch with c/nos. 3000 to 3027 supplied in January to March 1932). First registered in Brazil as PP-TDU in February 1939
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.3.39 when crashed at Ponte Pequena, Bom Retiro district in São Paulo, Brazil. The single engine airplane departed Campo de Marte Airport at 11:30 Local Time on a local flight. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the district of Ponte Pequena, in São Paulo. One occupant was killed and the second was injured.
Ponte Pequena ('Little Bridge' in English) is a neighborhood in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located on the northern edge of the central zone of the city.
Sources:
1. Folha da Manhã 28 March 1939, p.4
2. Folha da Noite 27 March 1939
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PP-.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-sao-paulo-1-killed
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Pequena
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2015 16:16 | TB | Added |
| 18-Aug-2017 22:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2019 09:47 | TB | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2023 07:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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