ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318142
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| Date: | Sunday 12 February 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M (Metal) Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Jose Sanchez |
| Registration: | LV-NAA |
| MSN: | 1461 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | San Martín, Mendoza Province -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Martín, Mendoza Province, Argentina |
| San Martín, Mendoza Province, Argentina |
c/no 1461: DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #841] to Major Shirley G Kingsley, Argentina with C of A 2380 issued 11.1.30. Registered as R149 7.7.30 to Juan Arfinetti, Buenos Aires. Re-registered (still as A149) to Oscar A Faure. Wore 'Chevrolet' advertising titles underwing in the early 1930s. Re-registered to Tomas Brossa. Registered as LV-NAA 10.11.37 to same owner. Re-registered (12.47) to Jose Sanchez, Rio Cuarto, Cordoba. Still registered as such 8.50. Registration cancelled 22.11.51.
Presumably restored and returned to service, as written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.2.56: Accident in San Martín, Mendoza Province Argentina, when stalled and crashed on approach
Although the aircraft was not repaired, it was still registered in 9.67 to Daniel Remy, Mendoza. Registration finally and belatedly cancelled in 1973
San Martín is a city in the north-center part of the Mendoza Province in Argentina. It is the capital of the San Martín Department and constitutes, with Palmira and La Colonia, the third-largest metropolitan area in the province.
Sources:
1. Gabriel Pavlovcic: Registro Completo de Aeronaves de Argentina - Ediciones Argentinidad (2012)
2. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2013/06/lv-naa-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-cn.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_LV-.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mart%C3%ADn,_Mendoza
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2023 04:57 | gwydd | Added |
| 24-Sep-2023 06:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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