ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1240
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| Date: | 24-SEP-1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Donald Barnes |
| Registration: | G-CAOU |
| C/n / msn: | 400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wolfe Island ferry dock, Ontario -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hamilton, Ontario |
| Wolfe Island, Ontario |
DH.60X Seaplane [Cirrus II] first flown 14.6.27 and delivered to Dept of Lands & Forests, Ontario with C of A 1159 issued 1.7.27. Shipped to Quebec on ss "Empress of Australia" 25.6.27-2.7.27. Registered G-CAOU [C of R 308] 20.7.27 to Ontario Government Forestry Branch, Sault Ste Marie; operated by Ontario Provincial Air Service; named “Upstart”. These Moths went into immediate service in Sioux Lookout, Remi Lake, Sudbury and Bisco respectively. These planes, assembled in the de Haviland's first wooden hangar in Mount Dennis, were fitted with Fairey metal airscrews and alternative float and ski undercarriages (depending upon the weather conditions and the season).
Rebuilt March 1929 as DH.60M [c/n 763] and fitted with Gipsy I. Re-engined 29.5.34 with Gipsy II. Re-registered [C of R 2809] 9.6.48 to Donald Barnes, Hamilton, Ontario.
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) when hit stake in water on landing in ferry dock, Wolfe Island, Ontario 24.9.48. Sold 11.49 to J Campbell, Wolfe Island, Ontario and converted into snowmobile
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.bushplane.com/opas-aircraft/histories-opas-dh60/
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1948/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-60-moth-in-ontario-19/]
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/96-register-canada-g-c
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 21:09 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2013 12:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2014 22:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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