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| Date: | Monday 30 April 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Lotsberg & Skappel A/S |
| Registration: | LN-ABL |
| MSN: | 1345 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ustaoset, Hol Municipality, Buskerud -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oslo, Norway |
| Malmö, Sweden | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
c/no. 1345 DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #563] allocated to DeHavilland Canada, but diverted to Norwegian order. To Halle & Peterson with C of A 2043 issued 25.5.29. Registered as 'N-30' 4.6.29 to Halle & Peterson, Oslo, for use on night postal service Oslo, Norway-Malmo, Sweden.
Re-registered 20.1.31 to Jon Lotsberg & Helge Skappel, Oslo. Crashed at Kjeller, Norway 11.2.31; rebuilt and returned to service. Registered LN-ABL [C of R 7] 17.8.32 to same owners.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Ustaoset, Hol Municipality, Buskerud, Norway in 30.4.34. En route from Oslo to Malmö, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Ustaoset, some 200 km west of Bergen. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Ustaoset is a village in Hol municipality, Buskerud, Norway. It is located on Norwegian National Road 7 (Riksvei 7). Ustaoset is situated 990 m (3,250 ft) above sea level
Registration LN-ABL cancelled 25.5.34
Sources:
1. Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_LN-.html
5. http://www.europeanairlines.no/wider%C3%B8es-flyveselskap-as-1934-1945/
6. http://www.modellflynytt.no/showthread.php/27502-DH60-Moth?p=257149
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p013.html
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-ustaoset
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustaoset
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2008 13:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Dec-2011 17:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2017 14:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2017 19:49 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Sep-2017 19:56 | TB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 20-Nov-2022 21:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 20-Nov-2022 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2024 12:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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