ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25024
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Date: | Thursday 3 August 1933 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
Owner/operator: | Philips & Powis School of Flying |
Registration: | G-EBSP |
MSN: | 420 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Winnersh, 4 miles SE of Reading, Berkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 420: DH.60X [Cirrus II] registered G-EBSP [C of R 1431] 6.8.27 to Thomas H Worth (of A.M. Worth Ltd), East Keal, Spilsby, Lincs. C of A 1183 issued 6.8.27. Sold September 1929 & registered [C of R 2303] October 1929 to Henry C.G. Heathcote-Stisted (a director of Phillips & Powis Aircraft), Woodley, Berkshire. Registered [C of R 2403] 29.1.30 to Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd; operated by Philips & Powis School of Flying, Woodley, Berkshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled and crashed on take-off from Woodley Aerodrome, near Reading, Berkshire 3.8.33: aircraft came down in a field near Winnersh. Both persons on board (instructor and pilot under training - Norbert Ley (a Belgian National)) - were injured. Registration G-ESBP cancelled December 1933 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Winnersh is a large suburban village and civil parish in the borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. The village is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Wokingham town centre and around 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of central Reading.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA5/15/C245:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576713 2.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-woodley 5.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf 6.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm 7.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVic3AiXQ== 8.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBSP.pdf 9.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnersh .
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-Dec-2013 00:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
25-Aug-2017 16:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
11-Feb-2019 21:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
13-Nov-2023 07:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
13-Nov-2023 17:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
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