ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1335
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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | G.A. Stephens |
| Registration: | G-CAUD |
| MSN: | 639 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario |
DH.60X [Cirrus II] sold to DH Canada with C of A 1471 issued 20.6.28; delivered to DH Canada at Mount Dennis 13.7.28. Registered G-CAUD [C of R 478] 16.8.28 to National Air Transport Ltd, Toronto. Registered 25.9.30 to A R [Art] Ferguson, Gravenhurst, Ontario; named "Miss Muskoka".
Registration lapsed 21.2.35. Re-registered [C of R 1559] 13.5.35 to W H Davis, Ferris, Ontario. Registration lapsed 12.5.36. Sold 20.6.36 (but not re-registered) to W. A. Parsons, Brantford, Ontario. Re-registered [C of R 1770] 6.8.36 to R B Allen, Peterborough, Ontario. Re-registered [C of R 1903] 9.3.37 to G. A. Stephens, Apsley, Ontario.
Crashed on take-off near Bancroft, Ontario 27.3.37; While taking off, the aircraft was caught by a gust of wind, swerved and veered off runway before coming to rest. While both occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Bancroft is a town located on the York River in Hastings County in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C1.html
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-bancroft
3. http://aerophilately.ca/ca-200403-v020n01-w058.pdf
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bancroft,_Ontario
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2008 23:19 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2014 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2017 11:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2021 20:05 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Oct-2023 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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