ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201356
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| Date: | Sunday 22 March 1936 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAPC |
| MSN: | 1166 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Victoria Avenue, Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome (Yeadon Aerodrome) |
| Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome (Yeadon Aerodrome) |
c/no. 1166: DH.60X [Cirrus III] registered as G-AAPC [C of R 2228] 15.8.29 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2178 issued 22.8.29. Probably operated by National Flying Service club, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Yeadon. After National Flying Service Ltd failed, due to bankruptcy, G-AAPC was re-registered on 8.10.34 to [new] The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodrome (Yeadon Aerodrome), Yeadon, West Yorkshire (the present-day Leeds-Bradford Airport)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit telephone wires on landing and crashed into Victoria Avenue, Yeadon, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 22.3.36. At around 17.30hrs on 22.3.36 this aircraft flying towards Yeadon airfield and was making a westerly approach to land into an easterly wind, it flew into telephone wires along Harrogate Road/Victoria Avenue and crashed into a car park. A passenger on board was killed while the pilot survived. The local newspapers stated that this was the first fatal accident involving Yeadon airfield. The passenger was being carried on her first flight as a guest of the pilot rather than a paid passenger.
Pilot - Mr Reginald Ernest Morris, aged 33. Slightly injured.
Passenger - Miss Mary Louisa Jane Clarke, aged 23, of Cardigan Road, Leeds. Buried Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Reginald Morris was born on 10th March 1903 at Nuneaton. He was awarded a Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate (Cert.No.12434) following training at the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club on 31st October 1934. He served as the chief ground engineer at the Yorkshire Aero Club at Yeadon before and after the Second World War.
Registration G-AAPC cancelled 7.9.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhd3MiXQ==
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAPC.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
6. https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york36/aapc.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-yeadon-1-killed
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_Bradford_Airport#Opening_and_early_operations
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2017 23:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Nov-2017 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2023 13:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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