ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305707
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| Date: | Saturday 3 September 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | L. D'Arcy |
| Registration: | ZS-DLM |
| MSN: | 165650 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Parys Airport, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Orange Free State -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Benoni, Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng |
| Parys Airport, Parys, Val River, Free State (FAPY) |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth ZS-DLM: c/n "165650" ex SAAF. Registered early 1955 to L. D'Arcy, Benoni, Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng, South Africa.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on approach to Parys Airport, Parys, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Orange Free State, 3.9.55. Parys is a town on the banks of the Vaal River in the Free State province of South Africa. The name of the town is the Afrikaans translation of Paris. Registration ZS-DLM cancelled 7.3.56.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
2. https://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH82A_Tiger_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
3. https://metar-taf.com/airport/FAPY
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