ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203028
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1939 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60GIII Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | Soerabajasche Motorenhandel |
| Registration: | PK-SAO |
| MSN: | 5042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Darmo Airfield, Soerabaja, East Java -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Darmo Airfield, Soerabaja, East Java, Indonesia |
| Darmo Airfield, Soerabaja, East Java, Indonesia |
c/no 5042: DH 60G III Moth Major: first registered as G-ACKF [C of R 4454] 28.9.33 to Miss Jean Batten, Edgware, Middlesex (aircraft based at Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex). Registration G-ACKF cancelled as 'sold' 10.33. C of A 4067 issued 27.10.33 to Rous & Meeuwenoord, Dutch East Indies. Re-registered (C of R 25) as PK-SAO 30.12.33 to Rous & Meeuwenoord.
Substantially damaged 30.10.36: Lost control on take-off due to a sudden cross wind, hit a fence and nosed over at Ngemplak Simongan, Semarang Barat, Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia Repaired and re-registered in 1937 (C of R 75) to Soerabajasche Motorenhandel.
Lost control in a turn and crashed near Darmo Airfield Surabaya, East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) 25.7.39. A student pilot and an instructor were performing a local training flight at Surabaya Airport. On final, while completing a turn, the crew lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed. Both crew members were seriously injured.
Sources:
1. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ac/g-ac-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFja2YiXQ==
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACKF.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://jmgrisnich.nl/tag/de-havilland-dh-60-moth/
https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010285836:mpeg21:a0140
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-major-iii-surabaya
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 October 1936 | PK-SAO | Rous & Meeuwenoord | 0 | Ngemplak Simongan, Semarang Barat, Semarang City, Central Java | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2017 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Jul-2019 16:29 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2021 04:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Jun-2022 02:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Aug-2022 19:32 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2023 22:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 30-Sep-2023 06:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Narrative]]] |
| 02-Oct-2023 07:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[[Narrative]]]] |
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