ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1200
Last updated: 5 September 2020
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| Date: | 05-MAR-1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Leigh B Sheppard |
| Registration: | G-CAJW |
| C/n / msn: | 535 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sturgeon River, Toronto, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sturgeon River, Ontario |
| Toronto, Ontario |
DH.60X [Cirrus II engine #245] to De Havilland South Africa with C of A 1311 issued 11.2.28 and allocated to J.H.Veasey, DeHavilland Agent in South Africa. Diverted from contract and delivered instead to DeHavilland in Canada; arrived DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 30.3.28. Registered as G-CAJW [C of R 355] 27.4.28 to Leigh B Sheppard, Toronto; delivered 21.4.28 (as seaplane).
Crashed on take-off at Sturgeon River, Ontario 5.3.29 (pilot L.B. Sheppard). Rebuilt as DH.60M (using c/n 761) and fitted with Gipsy I and re-registered CF-OAA [C of R 561] to Ontario Provincial Air Service, Sault Ste Marie;. Fitted with Gipsy II engine in May 1934. Stalled and crashed on take-off from lake at Twin Lakes, Ontario 19.6.46.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-sturgeon-river
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 00:43 | JINX | Added |
| 04-May-2013 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2017 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2018 06:12 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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