ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71633
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| Date: | Friday 25 March 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Finnish Air Force |
| Registration: | MO-107 |
| MSN: | VL-12 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Helsinki Harbour, Helsinki -
 Finland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Helsinki, Finland |
| Helsinki Harbour, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DH.60X Moth (MSN VL-12): A licence was granted to Valtion Lentokonetehdas [State Aircraft Factory] in March 1928 for the production of DH.60Xs for the Finnish Air Force. Ten Cirrus II Moths were built in 1929, followed by eleven Cirrus Hermes II Moths in 1930. This airframe was the 12th to be built, and delivered in 1930.
Written off 25.3.1932: The crew was performing a local training flight when the airplane stalled and crashed in the harbor of Helsinki, bursting into flames. The pilot was seriously injured and the mechanic was killed.
Sources:
1. Finnish aviation accident database
2. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Mar32.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pFin.html
4. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-helsinki-1-killed
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Helsinki
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2010 07:04 | slowkid | Added |
| 09-Feb-2014 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2024 14:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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