ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25096
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBLX |
| MSN: | 190 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blyth, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cramlington Aerodrome, Cramlington, Northumberland |
| Cramlington Aerodrome, Cramlington, Northumberland |
c/no. 190 DH.60 [Cirrus I]: registered G-EBLX [C of R 1182] 22.6.25 to The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Light Aeroplane Club Ltd, Cramlington; named "Novocastria" 21.11.25 (on official opening of Cramlington). C of A 891 issued 13.9.25; delivered 15.9.25. Damaged by fire in hangar at Cramlington whilst parked 17.11.27; to Stag Lane for repairs, repaired by 31.1.28.
Damaged [again] in hangar collapse Cramlington 23.11.28; repaired and re-flown 12.12.28. Crashed Blyth, Northumberland, 20.5.31: The crew was completing a private flight out from Cramlington Airport. En route, the engine failed, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing in an open field located in Blyth. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both occupants were injured.
Probable cause: Water in the fuel system was found to be a contributory factor to the engine stopping.
Registration cancelled 27.10.31 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Blyth is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the river Blyth and is approximately 13 miles northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBLX.pdf
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWVibHgiXQ==
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927 [paywall]
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-blyth
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2011 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2011 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2017 17:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2018 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2023 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 29-Nov-2023 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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