ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1297
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| Date: | Friday 16 October 1936 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | B S Wallis, R D Wood & J K Lewis |
| Registration: | G-CARY |
| MSN: | 636 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pigeon Lake, 30 miles West of Millet, Alberta -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wetaskiwin, Alberta |
c/no. 636: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II engine]. To DH Canada with C of A 1479 issued 27.6.28; delivered to DH Canada at Mount Dennis 19.7.28. Registered [C of R 461] 25.7.28 to Great Western Airways Ltd, Calgary. Re-registered [C of R 1113] 25.2.32 to Chinook Flying Services Ltd, Calgary. Registration lapsed 7.11.32. Repossessed 8.11.32 by Great Western Airways and sold early 1933 (but not re-registered) to B S Wallis, Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
Damaged in crash following stall turn near Ponoka, Alberta 13.7.33. Rebuilt and registration restored [C of R 1531] 5.12.34 to B S Wallis, RD Wood & J K Lewis, Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Registration lapsed 4.12.35. Registration presumably restored early 1936 (although no official record).
Severely damaged 16.10.36 when crashed/force landed at Pigeon Lake, 30 miles west of Millet, Alberta. En route from Wetaskiwin, Alberta, the pilot encountered engine problems and attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed near Pigeon Lake, some 30 miles west of Millet. Both occupants were uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Rebuild abandoned; airframe at Calgary Institute of Technology & Art 19.2.38, presumably donated as a ground instructional training airframe
Pigeon Lake is a lake in central Alberta, Canada that straddles the boundary between Leduc County and the County of Wetaskiwin. It is located close to Edmonton, Leduc and Wetaskiwin.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-near-pigeon-lake
3. http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/databases/image_bank/dig_image.cfm?Lang=e&id=7074
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/96-register-canada-g-c
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
6. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_Lake_(Alberta)
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2008 09:33 | JINX | Added |
| 31-Jan-2008 23:52 | JINX | Updated |
| 18-Jan-2014 23:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2017 11:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2021 12:23 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Oct-2023 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
| 23-Oct-2023 12:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Source]]] |
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