ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194466
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| Date: | Sunday 28 April 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Binoy Kumar Das |
| Registration: | VT-ABR |
| MSN: | 1466 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dum Dum, Calcutta, West Bengal -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
DH.60M [Gipsy I] MSN 1466: to DeHavilland India with C of A 2404 issued 30.1.30. Registered VT-ABR [C of R 72] 15.4.30 to De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Karachi. Re-registered [C of R 90] 2.7.30 to Binoy Kumar Das, Howrah (based Dum Dum, Calcutta).
Destroyed in a mid-air collision with Bengal Flying Club Moth VT-ADR near Dum Dum, Calcutta 28.4.35; While circling around the Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport, the single engine airplane VT-ABR collided with a second DH.60 Moth operated by the Bengal Flying Club, registered VT-ADR. VT-ABR was engaged in a local training flight with two people on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed. All four occupants (two in each aircraft) were killed. Registration cancelled 30.6.35 as "written off"
Sources:
1. El Litoral 28 April 1935, page 1
2. South-east Asia Civil Aircraft Registers / Graham Slack and Ian Philip Burnet, 1979
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-calcutta-2-killed
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
7. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJ2dC1hYm8iXQ==
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport#Early_history
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2017 17:49 | TB | Added |
| 31-Mar-2017 09:31 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 25-Aug-2017 11:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2017 11:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Sep-2023 16:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
| 31-Oct-2023 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Source]]] |
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