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| Date: | Wednesday 6 April 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Century Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-CANA |
| MSN: | 595 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Century Airport, Toronto, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Century Airport, Toronto, Ontario |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 595: DH.60X [Cirrus II] allotted to Major Henri Petre as seaplane but replaced with c/no 509. To DeHavilland Canada with C of A 1412 issued 11.5.28; delivered to DeHavilland Canada at Mount Dennis 4.6.28. Registered as G-CANA [C of R 408] 14.6.28 to Frank L Trethewey, Toronto. Re-registered [C of R 552] 1.2.29 to Aircraft Ltd, Mount Dennis, Toronto. Sold 12.29 (but not re-registered) to Toronto Airport Ltd. Re-registered 9.12.30 to Century Airways Ltd, Downsview, Toronto.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when stalled in turn and crashed at Century Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6.4.32. Both occupants were injured. Registration G-CANA lapsed 4.9.32 and was cancelled 30.3.35.
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhbmEiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-toronto
5. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 10:56 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2014 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Aug-2017 18:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 18-Apr-2020 19:15 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 17-Jan-2024 11:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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