Date:	Friday 15 March 1935
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:	Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Zurich.
Registration:	HB-ETA
MSN:	1841
Year of manufacture:	1931
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Wil, district of Bülach, Canton of St. Gallen -   Switzerland
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Dübendorf Airport, Switzerland (LSMD)
Destination airport:	Dübendorf Airport, Switzerland (LSMD)

Narrative:
Written off when crashed at Wil, a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, 15.3.35 (at approximate co-ordinates: 47°46′N 9°05′E) [pilot Widmann]. The pilot departed Dübendorf Airport on a local solo flight. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Wil, some 25 km northwest of Dübendorf Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was injured.



Wil is the capital of the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABJE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_HB-.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-wil
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p018.html
8. https://histaero.ch/PDF/Flugunfaelle_1.pdf
9. https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-ETA-1325616
10. https://app02.bazl.admin.ch/web/bazl/en/#/lfr/detail/HB-ETA-1325627
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCbendorf_Air_Base#History
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil,_Z%C3%BCrich

c/no. 1841: DH.60G [Gipsy II] registered as G-ABJE [C of R 3041] 7.3.31 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane. Edgware, Middlesex (and used as demonstrator). C of A 2925 issued 9.4.31. UK Registration G-ABJE cancelled as 'sold abroad' 30.9.31. Re-registered in France as F-ALQA [C of R 2998] 23.10.31 to Marquis de Chateaubrun, Paris. French registration F-ALQA cancelled as sold abroad 31.5.33.

Re-registered in Switzerland as CH-354 9.3.33 to Aero Club de Suisse, Sektion Zurich. Registration HB-ETA allocated 1.35 (unconfirmed if used; Swiss records also list HB-ETA as a Comte AC-12, first registered 3.6.48, and de-registered 13.7.49 - see link 10)

Registration HB-ETA cancelled 23.4.35.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Dec-2017 22:58	Dr. John Smith	Added
04-Dec-2017 23:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
04-Dec-2017 23:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
31-Oct-2023 19:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source]]
04-Mar-2024 11:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Mar-2024 12:04	ASN	Updated [Narrative]