ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 351785
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| Date: | Thursday 20 September 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60GM Moth |
| Owner/operator: | George Pope (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | NC941M |
| MSN: | 140 |
| Year of manufacture: | 130 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dunlap Field, 3 miles from Bijou, Lake Tahoe, Nevada -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco, California |
| Dunlap Field, Bijou, Lake Tahoe, Nevada | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft spun in and crashed on landing at Dunlap Field, 3 miles from Bijou, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The aircraft was inbound from San Francisco and killing pilot John Edward Horton (aged 32) and his girlfriend Betty A Bouchet (aged 23). The aircraft was probably owned by Horton's employer, George Pope of Lake Tahoe.
Witnesses reported that Horten initially considered landing at Johnson landing field, but then changed course toward the unfinished Dunlap field. The plane appeared to experience engine trouble before nose-diving from an altitude of 1,000 feet. Some accounts even suggest that the plane plummeted from as low as 100 feet before crashing.
A granite rock memorial tucked away in the Gardner Mountain area near Fallen Leaf Lake Road now honors their memory.
Sources:
1. https://kathrynreed.com/expressions/memorial-hidden-in-forest-on-south-shore-honors-plane-crash-victims/
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pUSA1.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijou,_California
History of this aircraft
c/no. 140: DH 60G Moth registered as NC941M [July 1930] to Moth Aircraft Corporation, Lowell, GA. Re-registered [January 1932] to Swan Bylander, San Francisco, CA. Re-registered 30.9.32 to George Pope, San Francisco, CA Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 June 1946 | SE-AEO | A/B Norrlandsflyg | 0 | Luleå/Kallax Airport, Luleå, Norrbotten |  |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2024 08:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Feb-2024 08:26 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
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