Date:	Thursday 4 July 1929
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	Halifax Aero Club
Registration:	G-CALD
MSN:	576
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Near Green Bank, Halifax Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Green Bank, Halifax Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
DH.60X Moth Seaplane G-CALD: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4.7.29: Shortly after takeoff from Halifax, the airplane suffered an engine failure, lost height and crashed near Green Bank, Halifax Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Severely damaged during salvage near Green Bank, Nova Scotia 4.7.29 (later the same day); wreck further damaged during salvage operations and beached at Dartmouth Air Station; pilot D W Saunders & pupil Shatford unhurt. Registration cancelled 5.7.29.

*Note: Both DeHavilland and Air Registration Board have this Moth as being G-CAKX with c/no 582 as G-CALD. Dept of National Defense records also initially indicated same position but later amended - true position uncertain, so it is not clear which aircraft is G-CALD and which is G-CAKX

1. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhbGQiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/cab_detail_G_CA.htm
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-halifax
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1980.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia

c/no. 576: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] sold to Department of National Defence, Canada with C of A 1425 issued 23.5.28; delivered to DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 13.6.28. Registered as G-CALD [C of R 412] 14.6.28 to Department of National Defense and issued 7.7.28 to Halifax Aero Club, Halifax, Nova Scotia (as a floatplane).

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-Jan-2008 10:53	JINX	Added
13-Jan-2014 20:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2017 12:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
03-Nov-2018 13:25	Sergey L.	Updated [Source]
18-Dec-2023 08:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Category]
18-Dec-2023 09:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
24-Mar-2024 07:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]