ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25054
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| Date: | Monday 23 March 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Tehmurusp Heerjeebhoy Dastur |
| Registration: | G-EBUX |
| MSN: | 476 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey |
c/no. 476: DH.60X [Cirrus II] Moth, registered G-EBUX [C of R 1513] 3.11.27 to Air Taxis Ltd, Stag Lane. C of A 1244 issued 18.11.27. Registered [C of R 1636] 12.5.28 to Alan S. Butler, Stag Lane. Took part in the 1928 Kings Cup Air Race (20-21.7.28), Race number "12", piloted by Capt. Geoffrey DeHavilland; finished 5th. Re-registered [C of R 1872] 4.2.29 to The Scottish Flying Club Ltd, Moorpark, Renfrew; delivered 5.2.29. Re-registered [C of R 2334] 30.11.29 to The Brooklands School of Flying Ltd, Brooklands.
Registered [C of R 3049] 6.3.31 to Tehmurusp Heerjeebhoy Dastur, Brooklands. Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed on take-off at Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey 22.3.31. Shortly after takeoff from Brooklands, the airplane stalled and crashed in a garden. The pilot was slightly injured while one people on the ground was seriously injured. According to the following newspaper report in the "Gloucester Citizen" Monday 23 March 1931
"PLANE CRASH ON TRACK.
A Chinese airman, Mr. Alfred Yes Koh Wong, whose home is at Byfleet, was seriously injured when a private 'plane crashed the track at Brooklands yesterday. The pilot and owner of the machine, Mr. T. Dastur, an Indian, escaped with bruises."
Registration G-EBUX cancelled 9.12.31 as "withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. Gloucester Citizen" Monday 23 March 1931
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBUX.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Mar31.html
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/13/C187: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C6576655
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-brooklands-0
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7319.0
8. https://en-gb.facebook.com/OldIrvine/videos/762080783840893/
9. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVidXgiXQ==
10. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
11. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
12. 1928 Kings Cup Air Race: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/pioneering-women/kings-cup-1928?highlight=WyJnLWVidXgiXQ==
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklands#Inter-war_years_2
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Dec-2013 05:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2017 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2018 14:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Feb-2020 20:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Feb-2020 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Feb-2020 20:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Feb-2020 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Nov-2023 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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