ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198392
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| Date: | Sunday 16 July 1944 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Clube de Moçambique |
| Registration: | CR-AAI |
| MSN: | 1854 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Costa Del Sol Beach, near Lourenço Marques, Maputo -
 Mozambique
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lourenço Marques Airport, Maputo, Mozambique (LUM/FQMA) |
| Lourenço Marques Airport, Maputo, Mozambique (LUM/FQMA) |
c/no. 1854: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy II #2143] registered as G-ABMA [C of R 3169] 5.31 to Squadron Leader Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson, Stobo Castle, Peebles. C of A 3015 issued 22.5.31. Sold 7.33 [probably] to Wrightson & Pearse, Heston (operated 4.34 by their hire department, now incorporated as Wrightson Air Hire Ltd). Registered [C of R 5335] 3.9.34 to [successor business] Wrightson Aircraft Sales Ltd, Heston. Hired 4.34-9.34 to Coventry Civil Aviation Group, Whitley.
Crashed on take-off at Whitley Aerodrome, Coventry 8.9.34 following engine failure; repaired & C of A renewed 26.10.34. Bought ex Heston for £425 & registered [C of R 5768] 4.4.35 to Ralph Dundas, Edinburgh [based Tranent, later Heston]. Registered [C of R 8062] 21.8.37 to Airwork Ltd, Heston (part exchange at £385 for DH.87B G-AEZT). Registration G-ABMA cancelled 4.10.37 as sold abroad.
Registered in Portuguese Mozambique as CR-AAI to Aero Clube de Mocambique later in 10.37
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16.7.44: Crew was engaged in a training flight in the vicinity of Lourenço Marques Airport, Maputo, Mozambique. In flight, crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed on a beach in Costa do Sol, west of the airport. Both pilots, Lino Augusto da Conceição and Manuel Duarte were injured.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABMA.pdf
3. Crash 8.9.34: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/16/C286: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576754
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CR-A.html
5. Voando em Mocambique (blog 219): https://voandoemmozambique.blogspot.com/2007/02/219-metangula.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-maputo
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
8. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/CR-AAI.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maputo_International_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2017 18:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:31 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 18:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2023 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 14-Nov-2023 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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