ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174946
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 May 1932 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60T Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Escola de Aviacao Militar |
| Registration: | K-144 |
| MSN: | 3004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Campo dos Afonsos, Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Campo dos Afonsos AFB, Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (SBAF) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
c/no. 3004: DH.60T [Gipsy II #2235] to Escola de Aviacao Militar, Brazil with C of A 3350 issued 5.2.32. To Brazilian Army as K-144 in February 1932
Written off (destroyed) when crashed 4.5.32: The crew departed Campo dos Afonsos AFB, Marechal Hermes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a local training flight. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the airbase. A crew member was killed and a second was injured.
Campo dos Afonsos Air Force Base – BAAF (ICAO: SBAF) is a base of the Brazilian Air Force, located in the district of Marechal Hermes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It opened on 12.12.1912, and is Brazil's oldest Air Force Base that is still in operation.
Sources:
1. Folha de Sao Paulo 5 May 1932: http://acervo.folha.uol.com.br/fdm/1932/05/05/1//4570970
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60t-moth-campo-dos-afonsos-afb-1-killed
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p030.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonsos_Air_Force_Base#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2015 06:10 | junior sjc | Added |
| 30-Mar-2015 06:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Mar-2016 09:58 | junior sjc | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2016 18:39 | junior sjc | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2016 14:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2016 18:52 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Aug-2017 13:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2019 09:55 | TB | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2024 14:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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