Date:	Monday 6 December 1937
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:	SAAF Aero Club
Registration:	ZS-AAL
MSN:	502
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Muldersdrift, Gauteng Province -   South Africa
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Roberts Heights Airfield, Pretoria, South Africa
Destination airport:

Narrative:
DH.60X ZS-AAL: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed Muldersdrift, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 6.12.37. The crew was performing a training flight from Roberts Heights Airport in Pretoria when the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Muldersdrift, Gauteng. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were injured.

Muldersdrift, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, is a picturesque rural area situated 27 km north-west of the CBD of Johannesburg, between Johannesburg and the Magaliesberg mountain range. The area falls under the West Rand District Municipality, and is part of Mogale City.

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJnLXVhYWwiXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
5. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p005.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-muldersdrift
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1980.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muldersdrift

c/no. 502 DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II #149] to Johannesburg Light Plane Club (via agent J H Veasey) with C of A 1259 issued 5.12.27. Registered G-UAAL 8.3.28 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club; named "Sir Charles". Registered 13.4.28 to Sir Abe Bailey; ferried to Tabora, Tanzania 19.4.28 by Major Meintjes of SAAF (South African Air Force) and used by Lady Bailey to complete her South African flight to Capetown, departing Tabora 21.4.28; arriving Capetown 30.4.28. Badly damaged in crash by Lady Bailey at Humansdorp 12.5.28; sold and repaired. Registered to Johannesburg Light Plane Club; named "Sir Charles". Re-registered ZS-AAL 31.1.29 to same owner.
Re-registered [1st Quarter of 1929 - i.e. between 1.1.29 and 31.3.29] to South African Air Force Aircraft Club, Roberts Heights Airfield, Pretoria

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Jan-2014 20:55	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Aug-2017 23:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
04-Oct-2023 19:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source, Narrative]]
26-Mar-2024 06:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]