ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121138
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| Date: | Saturday 12 March 1927 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairey IIID |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Aerial & General Transport |
| Registration: | G-EBPZ |
| MSN: | F814 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Victoria, off Kisumu -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kisumu, Kenya (KIS/HKKI) |
| Khartoum, Sudan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF S1076 (RAF serial given on CAA documentation as constructors number; correct constructors number was F814). First civil registered (C of A 1086/C of R 1332) 18.1.1927 as G-EBPZ to the Air Council, and leased to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd.
Written off 12.3.1927: On take off from Lake Victoria off Kisumu, Kenya,(en route to Khartoum, and thence ultimately to the UK) one float was sheared off and the aircraft sank. Nobody was injured. Registration G-EBPZ cancelled 30.4.1927 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBPZ.pdf
2. http://www.baaa-acro.com/Fiches%20d'accidents/1927/G-EBPZ.htm
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
4. https://email.ipage.com/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2011 03:25 | Johnny Johnny | Added |
| 24-Feb-2014 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2014 21:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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