ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198396
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Toronto Flying Club |
| Registration: | CF-ADG |
| MSN: | 777 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Downsview Airport, North York, Toronto, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Downsview Airport, North York, Toronto, Ontario (CYZD) |
| Downsview Airport, North York, Toronto, Ontario (CYZD) |
C/no.777: DH.60M [Gipsy I] to DeHavilland Canada without C of A; arrived Mount Dennis 24.4.29. Registered as CF-ADG [C of R 584] 3.5.29 to Prospectors Airways Ltd, Haileybury, Ontario. Sold 8.4.33 (but not re-registered) to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Toronto. Registration lapsed 5.6.33. Registration still lapsed 8.12.33. Re-registered [C of R 1536] 6.2.35 to A.F. Elmhirst, Keene, Ontario.
Re-registered [C of R 1654] 25.1.36 to Toronto Flying Club Ltd, Downsview. C of R lapsed 19.5.39.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2.7.41: The single engine airplane was completing a local flight at Toronto-Downsview Airport with two people on board. Upon landing, it went out of control and came to rest upside down. Both occupants escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-a?highlight=WyJjZi1hZGciXQ==
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-toronto-0
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.htmll
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Jul41.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downsview_Airport#Downsview_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Aug-2017 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Aug-2017 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 15-Aug-2017 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2023 00:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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