ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174261
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| Date: | Friday 6 September 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G III Moth Major |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Club de San Fernando |
| Registration: | LV-VBA |
| MSN: | 5043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coronda, Santa Fe -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Coronda, Santa Fe, Argentina | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 5043: DH 60G III Moth Major [Gipsy Major #5350] to Aerofotos, Argentina with C of A 4066 issued 19.10.33. Registration R263 applied to unidentified DH Moth Major [fitted with Gipsy Major]. Registered 27.8.34 to Pedro Bardeen. To Aero Club Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña de Chaco, 08.1937 as LV-VBA. To Aero Club Presidencia Roque, Sáenz Peña de Chaco, 1938.
Registered in Brazil as PP-TEG 10.38 to Empreza Aeronautica “Ipiranga” Ltda. To Oscar Francisco Rao, 1944. Later (1945?) sold to Aero Club de San Fernando, Coronda, Santa Fe, Argentina
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.9.46 when lost control after tire burst on landing at Coronda, Santa Fe, Argentina. Came to rest inverted. As "Morth Simpson" in newspaper. Pilot Basilio Martinchuk injured.
Possibly repaired and returned to service, as re-registered [1948] to previous owner Oscar Francisco Rao, Buenos Aires. Registration LV-VBA cancelled 22-11-51.
Coronda is a small city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the San Jerónimo Department, 43 km south from the provincial capital (Santa Fe).
Sources:
1. El Litoral 7 September 1946, p4
2. Gabriel Pavlovcic: Registro Completo de Aeronaves de Argentina - Ediciones Argentinidad (2012)
3. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/21192/
4. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2013/06/lv-vba-de-havilland-dh60g-iii-moth.html
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_R-.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PP-.html
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronda
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2015 11:20 | TB | Added |
| 16-Aug-2017 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2023 06:25 | TB | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]] |
| 23-Sep-2023 15:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]]] |
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