ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73532
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| Date: | Friday 31 July 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Iona National Airways |
| Registration: | EI-AAF |
| MSN: | 1262 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bundoran, County Donegal -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kildonan Aerodrome, Finglas, Dublin |
c/no 1262: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] registered G-ABAH [C of R 2639] 2.7.30 to Brian Lewis & C.D. Barnard Ltd, Heston. C of A 2631 issued 16.7.30. Registration cancelled 31.1.32 as sold. Operated from 2.31 and re-registered in Ireland as EI-AAF 3.6.31 to Iona National Airways Ltd, Kildonan Aerodrome, Finglas, near Dublin.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 31.7.31: The single engine airplane departed Kildonan Aerodrome in Finglas with one passenger and one pilot on board. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed on the roof of a farm located in Bundoran, Ulster. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
L. S. Coogan, pilot.
Passenger:
J. Doherty.
Registration cancelled 21.7.32
Sources:
1. 70 Years of the Irish Civil Aircraft Register
by P J Hornfeck
BN Historians 1999
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABAH.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EI-.html
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ab/g-ab-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFiYWgiXQ==
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
7. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-bundoran
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p012.html
9. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finglas#20th_century_onwards
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundoran
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2010 03:50 | John Baker | Added |
| 09-Jan-2014 19:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2017 17:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Source] |
| 28-Aug-2017 14:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Nov-2023 20:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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