ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163199
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| Date: | 01-FEB-1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Johannesburg Light Plane Club |
| Registration: | ZS-AAO |
| C/n / msn: | 422 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Baragwanath Airport, Baragwanath, Gauteng, Johannesburg -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Baragwanath Airport, Baragwanath, Gauteng, Johannesburg (FASY) |
| Baragwanath Airport, Baragwanath, Gauteng, Johannesburg (FASY) |
DH.60X [Cirrus II] registered G-EBSR [C of R 1433] 11.8.27 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club, South Africa. C of A 1185 issued 8.8.27. Possibly the Moth named “Alpha” 29.10.27 at JLPC inaugural ceremony at Baragwanath. Re-registered G-UAAO [C of R 15] 3.8.28 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club, Baragwanath. Re-registered as ZS-AAO 1.1.29 to same owner.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed at Baragwanath Airport, Baragwanath, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa 1.2.29. Registration ZS-AAO cancelled in the 3rd quarter of 1929 (i.e. between 1.9.29 and 31.12.29)
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBSR.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20171015084349/http://www.jlpc.co.za:80/History_of_JLPC.html
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-baragwanath
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
8. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2014 00:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Sep-2017 12:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2018 18:41 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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