ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201360
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 March 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | National Flying Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AAPM |
| MSN: | 1199 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nottingham Aerodrome, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nottingham Aerodrome, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire |
| Nottingham Aerodrome, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire |
c/no. 1199: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus III] registered G-AAPM [C of R 2238] 26.9.29 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth Aerodrome, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2244 issued 1.10.29.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when badly damaged in a forced landing due to engine failure at Nottingham Aerodrome, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire 23.3.32. The aircraft departed Nottingham on a local joyride. En route, the engine failed. The pilot decided to return to Nottingham for an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed upon landing. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause: Engine failure.
Presumably not repaired, as Registration G-AAPM cancelled 7.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/14/C212: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576680
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAPM.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-nottingham
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p011.html
7. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhcG0iXQ==
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Apr-2020 19:59 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Nov-2023 07:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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