ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289852
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| Date: | Monday 22 September 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Air Survey Co of India Ltd |
| Registration: | VT-AHO |
| MSN: | 7066 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ranchi, Jharkhand -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, West Bengal, India (CCU/VECC) |
First registered (C of R 5039) on 12.7.34 as G-ACSG to Wrightson Air Hire Ltd., Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 4031 issued July 1934.
Substantially damaged 17.3.1935: Spun into the ground after take-off from Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. All three persons on board were killed: Flying Officer Alfred Lindsay Gordon Hatrick (pilot, aged 24), Miss Margaret Mary E Collins (passenger aged 22) and Gerald Beaumont Vessey (passenger, 23).
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 6307) on 17.9.35 to John W. Adamson, John Street, Sunderland, County Durham (aircraft based at Leeming, North Yorkshire).
Presumably repaired/rebuilt as re-registered 25.4.36 (C of R 282) to Indian Air Survey & Transport Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta as VT-AHO. UK Registration G-ASCG cancelled 2.8.1936 as sold abroad. Re-registered in 1949 (on C of N) to Air Survey Co of India Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta (due to change of name of owners).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Ranchi, Jharkhand, India and registration cancelled 22.9.58.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACSG.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
8. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/86-register-india
9. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranchi
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 March 1935 | G-ACSG | Wrightson Air Hire | 3 | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2022 18:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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