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| Date: | Monday 22 August 1938 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Lineas Aereas del Balsas, Mexico City |
| Registration: | XB-AFA |
| MSN: | 1802 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Puerto Aéreo Central, Mexico City -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Puerto Aéreo Central, Mexico City |
c/no 1802 DH.60G [Gipsy II #2068]: registered as G-ABGC [C of R 2891] 8.11.30 to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A 2813 issued 20.11.30. Registration cancelled 2.12.30 as 'sold abroad'. To (DH Agent) Henry G Fletcher, Mexico. Registered as X-BAFA 21.11.31 to Henry G Fletcher, Mexico City. Current as at 31.3.33. Reported to Lloyd P Clevenger, Mexico City. Reregistered as XB-AFA [3.36] to Lineas Aereas del Balsas, Mexico City
"De Havilland" crashed 22.8.38 during aerobatics at Puerto Aéreo Central, Mexico City, Mexico. Pilot Roger Westerman survived injured. Aircraft probably written off as no further reports of this airframe
Sources:
1. El Siglo de Torreón 23 August 1938, p2
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ABGC.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico_City_International_Airport#History
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2015 10:29 | TB | Added |
| 18-Nov-2021 21:01 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Sep-2023 06:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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