ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201870
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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Brooklands School of Flying |
| Registration: | G-AAVU |
| MSN: | 1485 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hendon, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands Aerodrome, Weybridge, Surrey |
| RAF Hendon, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH.60M [Gipsy I] registered as G-AAVU [C of R 2476] 31.3.30 to Miss Elise Williams, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2453 issued 4.4.30. Re-registered [C of R 3247] 10.6.31 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Brooklands, Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey; operated by Brooklands School of Flying.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into a windsock or flagstaff on landing at RAF Hendon, Middlesex 8.11.31; pilot, Captain Edward Arnold [Ted] Jones, Chief Flying Instructor of Brooklands School of Flying was killed. Passenger, Flight Lt William Evelyn Patrick Johnson was injured. Registration G-AAVU cancelled 2.12.31 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Presumed rebuilt and re-registered in Dutch East Indies as DH.60G PK-SAI 30.7.32 to Nederlandse Indische Vliegclub, Bandung (based Andir); named "Kriel". Written off (destroyed) when crashed 11.12.35 in Netherlands East Indies. Registration PK-SAI cancelled 26.4.36. The identity of PK-SAI is unconfirmed although it was registered in the Netherlands East Indies with c/no. 1485 and its condition on import required a total rebuild. In addition, some sources state, whilst the airframe was rebuilt, the engine was salvaged and fitted to another Moth, which became CX-AAG in Uruguay, and which was registered with the engine number 931 (the same engine number as that which as originally fitted to G-AAVU).
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAVU.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 1936 | PK-SAI | Nederlandse Indische Vliegclub | 1 | Lembang, near Bandoeng, West Java |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2017 01:11 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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