ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18806
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| Date: | Monday 10 June 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Fokker F.VIIb/3m |
| Owner/operator: | Van Lear Black (VLB) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AADZ |
| MSN: | 5105 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dun Dum Airport, Calcutta -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Allahabad |
| Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-PH-ADP (Netherlands registry). Re-registered in the UK as G-AADZ 8.2.1929. named "Maryland Free State"; written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Calcutta 10.6.1929. Van Lear Black's Fokker aircraft crashed at Dum Dum airport, and then was destroyed 14-06-1929 at Calcutta, India by a cyclone, though the crew of five (crew of two plus three passengers) escaped injury. Van Lear Black (also owner of the US newspaper the Baltimore Sun) travelled back to England by train, and ordered a new "Maryland Free State" to complete his trip from London to Tokyo.
Registration G-AADZ belatedly cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2.12.1933 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
NOTE: The registration G-AADZ was used twice. G-AADZ (the second) was applied to another Fokker F.VIIb/3m (c/no 5195 ex-PH-AGP). This aircraft was sold to a Swiss owner in February 1931 and re-registered as HB-LAN (see link #5)
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fokker-f7b3m-calcutta
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PH-.html
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AADZ.pdf
5. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
6. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/EERSTE.htm
7. https://howlingpixel.com/wiki/Van_Lear_Black
8. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1931/1931%20-%200009.PDF
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Lear_Black#Aviation_explorer
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Mar-2011 16:06 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2017 13:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2017 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2018 07:55 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Dec-2020 21:03 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
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