Accident De Havilland DH-60GIII Moth Major EC-ABV,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239324
 
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Date:Sunday 22 July 1951
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
De Havilland DH-60GIII Moth Major
Owner/operator:Jose Maria Marcet Coll
Registration: EC-ABV
MSN: 5076
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:San Quirico de Tarrasa (Barcelona) -   Spain
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:San Quirico de Tarrasa, Barcelona, Spain
Destination airport:
Narrative:
c/no 5076: DH.60GIII Moth Major [Gipsy Major engine #5546] to Jose M de la Cuesta, Spain [possibly as EC-W25 but also reported as EC-W41] with C of A 4310 issued 28.5.34. Registered as EC-AXX 2.7.34 to Jose M de la Cuesta. To Spanish Republican Air Force in 1936 as EM-***. Registration EC-AXX cancelled 12.11.40. Nex reported as ex-30-92. [Spanish Republican Air Force]. Registered in 1941 to Ministerio del Aire. Registered 12.3.43 to Federico Perez Esteve. Re-registered 21.3.47 to Manuel San Salvador Beascoechea, Madrid. Re-registered as EC-ABV 17.4.47 to same owner. Re-registered 28.2.51 to Jose Maria Marcet Coll.

Crashed San Quirico de Tarrasa, Barcelona, Spain 22.7.51: stalled on takeoff.

Reportedly rebuilt as EC-AEQ 4.53 (but if so, probably consumed in the rebuild of EC-AEQ); also reported as c/no 5076.

Sources:

1. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/spain/20090506.txt
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=125515
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EC-1.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Nov-2022 18:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
24-Sep-2023 06:28 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]]

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