Incident de Havilland DH.60M Moth LV-BBC,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177780
 
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Date:Monday 17 October 1938
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:Club de Planeadores Albatros
Registration: LV-BBC
MSN: 1429
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Merlo, BA -   Argentina
Phase: En route
Nature:Banner and glider towing
Departure airport:Merlo Aerodrome
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed due to engine failure while towing a Cóndor glider. Occupants injured. As "Moth...Gipsy de 35 H.P." in local press.

Sources:

http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3763/
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jul-2015 19:36 TB Added
19-Sep-2016 18:38 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category]
10-Nov-2016 14:53 TB Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Damage]
10-Nov-2016 15:08 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
14-Aug-2017 20:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-Jun-2023 13:00 TB Updated [[Operator, Source, Narrative]]
03-Oct-2023 08:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [[[Operator, Source, Narrative]]]
27-Nov-2023 21:15 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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