Accident de Havilland DH.60G Moth VT-AFK,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202762
 
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Date:Saturday 13 July 1935
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60G Moth
Owner/operator:Bombay Flying Club
Registration: VT-AFK
MSN: 1907
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lohegaon, 7 miles North-East of Poona (Pune), Maharashtra -   India
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Juhu Airstrip, Bombay (Mumbai) India
Destination airport:Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India
Narrative:
A Bombay Flying Club Moth crashed on landing at Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India, killing passenger Fali A Kharadi and injuring pilot R Kashner.

Aircraft involved was possibly VT-AFK.

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-pune-1-killed
3. http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABYI.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
5. As G-ABYI: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFieWkiXQ==
6. As VT-AFK: https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJnLWFieWkiXQ==
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p019.html
9. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune_Airport#History

History of this aircraft

c/no. 1907: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] registered as G-ABYI [C of R 3843] 14.7.32 to Brooklands Aero Club, Brooklands, West Byfleet, Surrey. C of A 3531 issued 14.7.32. Re-registered [C of R 4599] 15.7.33 to Conrad R Cooke, Brooklands. Re-registered [C of R 5094] 22.5.34 to Bombay Flying Club, India. UK Registration G-ABYI cancelled as sold 11.34.
Re-registered in India as VT-AFK 29.10.34 to Bombay Flying Club Ltd, Juhu Airstrip, Bombay (now Mumbai) India.
Indian registration VT-AFK cancelled as written off 7.1.36

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Dec-2017 17:32 Dr. John Smith Added
30-Oct-2023 17:27 Dr. John Smith Updated
27-Feb-2024 20:43 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
27-Feb-2024 20:45 ASN Updated [Narrative]

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