Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-AAKJ,
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Date:Friday 18 October 1935
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:London Air Park Flying Club Ltd
Registration: G-AAKJ
MSN: 1162
Year of manufacture:1929
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Location:Associated Equipment Company Sports Ground, Southall, Middlesex -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:London Air Park, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex
Destination airport:London Air Park, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed onto the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) Sports Ground, Windmill Lane, Southall, Middlesex 18.10.35. The pilot departed Hanworth on a solo flight. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Southall. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.


Associated Equipment Company (AEC) closed in 1979, and the Sports Gound site was sold off.


Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFha2oiXQ==
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AAKJ.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-southall
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1982.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Equipment_Company

History of this aircraft

DH.60X [Cirrus III] registered as G-AAKJ [C of R 2099] 23.7.29 to The Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Croydon; named "Sam" and flown by Flight Lt Tommy Rose (fitted with Cirrus III in fully enclosed cowling). C of A 2175 issued 19.8.29 [Reported as later named "High Test", but that the name given to was Avro Avian G-ABIE].

Re-registered [C of R 3409] 8.31 to National Flying Services Ltd; operated by Hanworth Aero Club, Hanworth, Middlesex. Probably damaged early in 1932 (prior to C of A lapse 10.2.33) and rebuilt at Hanworth. Probably fitted with Gipsy I and C of A renewed 1.5.34.

Hanworth Aero Club reformed 10.34 as London Air Park Flying Club. Registered [C of R 5617] 14.2.35 to London Air Park Flying Club Ltd., Hanworth.

Registration G-AAKJ cancelled 7.12.35 "due to destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft".

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2017 16:38 Dr. John Smith Added
12-Nov-2017 16:38 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
12-Nov-2017 16:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Oct-2023 17:17 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Aircraft type]]
05-Mar-2024 18:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source]
05-Mar-2024 18:18 ASN Updated [Narrative]

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