ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24981
Last updated: 20 February 2021
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| Date: | 20-OCT-1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Miss Sicele J.M. O'Brien |
| Registration: | G-EBOS |
| C/n / msn: | 268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mote Mount Golf Course, Mill Hill, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
| Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
c/no. 268 DH.60 [Cirrus I]: registered G-EBOS [C of R 1283] 5.7.26 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex; operated by the DeHavilland School of Flying. C of A 1009 issued 29.7.26. Sold and Re-registered [C of R 1451] 2.8.27 to Miss Sicele J.M. O'Brien, Stag Lane.
Written off when spun in and crashed at Mote Mount Golf Course, Mill Hill, Middlesex, 20.10.28. (Pilot had not coupled up the rudder bar prior to instructional flight); pilot, Miss O'Brien, who lost a leg, was badly injured, as was her passenger, Miss Mildred Leith.
Registration formally cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority 2.11.28 as destroyed
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBOS.pdf
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/p002.htm
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576598
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-mill-hill
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2011 08:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2017 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2018 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
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