ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199198
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | S. Barnett-Potter |
| Registration: | ZS-ABJ |
| MSN: | 1125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ararat Farm, Bethlehem, Eastern Free State, Thabo Mofutsanyane Distric -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Durban, South Africa |
| Basutoland, South Africa |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] to Major Allister Miller (of Union Airways), South Africa with C of A 2094 issued 5.7.29. Registered as ZS-ABJ [C of R 38] 7.8.29 to Union Airways [Pty] Ltd, Cape Town and used as mail plane. Registered in 1931 to Port Elizabeth Flying Club. Re-registered 1931 to Witbank Flying Club. Re-registered 1932 to S Barnett Potter, Pietermaritzburg.
Crashed 22.3.33 on farm named "Ararat" near Bethlehem, Eastern Free State Province, Thabo Mofutsanyane District, Dihlabengwith Municipality (at approximate Coordinates: 28.224°S, 28.311°E), with Diana Mellor on board as passenger. Left Durban for Basutoland, landed en-route to verify route (also reported as landing as a result of engine trouble). Took off on a test flight and landed to pick up passenger. Crashed shortly after take off. [Owner advertised for spares in April 1933, but presumed not repaired.]
Bethlehem is a city in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs river along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-south-africa
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJ6cy1hYmoiXQ==
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
6. http://avcom.co.za/phpBB3//phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=113548&start=15
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
8. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem,_Free_State#Air
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2017 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Aug-2017 17:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Jun-2020 11:48 | Sergey L. | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 22-Nov-2023 09:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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