ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226963
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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60T Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Escola de Aviacao de Ituiutaba |
| Registration: | PP-TCW |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
DH.60T [Gipsy Major] registered 9.37 to Escola Brasileira do Aviacao Civil. Later to Escola de Aviacao de Ituiutaba.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20.1.40 when Crashed at Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Registration quoted in contemporary newspaper reports (see link #1) as "PP-TC2", but probably PP-TCW. [Not PP-TCZ, as that was allocated to a Rearwin 9000L Sportster c/no. 584D)
Ituiutaba, is a municipality in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is located in the west of the economic and geographical region called Triângulo Mineiro and is on BR 365, which begins at Chaveslândia in the west and connects as far as Pirapora in the north
Sources:
1. A Noite 27 January 1940, p5
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PP-.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituiutaba
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2019 11:53 | TB | Added |
| 01-Oct-2023 07:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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