ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163446
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Date: | Friday 1 May 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
Owner/operator: | Regina Flying Club |
Registration: | CF-CEU |
MSN: | 734 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Regina Airport, Regina, Saskatchewan -
Canada
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Regina Airport, Regina, Saskatchewan (YQR/CYQR) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no. 734: DH.60M [Gipsy I*] sold to Canadian Govt with C of A 1819 issued 6.2.29; arrived at DH Canada at Mount Dennis 25.2.29; fitted with Cirrus III. Taken on charge by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Camp Borden, Ontario as 80 on 20.3.29. Sold 27.1.36 to Regina Flying Club. Re-registered as CF-CEU [C of R 1698] 24.4.36 to Regina Flying Club, Regina, Saskatchewan.
Crashed 1.5.36: Shortly after takeoff from Regina Airport, while climbing, crew lost control of the aircraft following an engine failure. Aircraft crashed and was destroyed while both crew were injured. Presumably written off (damaged beyond repair) and not repaired, as registration CF-CEU cancelled as "lapsed" 28.5.37. Reduced to scrap and spares at Regina, Saskatchewan
*Note – c/nos. 734 to 761 inclusive are shown in DH records as being fitted with Cirrus III engines (albeit no Serial Numbers are quoted). This may be in error
Regina International Airport (IATA: YQR, ICAO: CYQR) is an international airport located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south-west and 7 km (4.3 mi) west-southwest of the city centre.
Sources:
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http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-4.html 2.
https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-bn-tc?highlight=WyJjZi1jZXUiXQ== 3.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf 4.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-regina-0 5.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_51_100_detailed.html 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p007.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_International_Airport#Current_site_(1928%E2%80%9339)
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jan-2014 20:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
23-Aug-2017 12:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
23-Aug-2017 12:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
03-Jan-2021 20:40 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Source] |
23-Oct-2023 12:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[Source]] |
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