Date:	Thursday 6 June 1935
Time:	day
Type:	De Havilland DH.60M Moth
Owner/operator:	G. B. R. Grant
Registration:	CF-ADM
MSN:	796
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Fernie, Elk Valley, East Kootenay British Columbia -   Canada
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Fernie, Elk Valley, East Kootenay British Columbia
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Written off when hit runway marker and overturned on take-off at Fernie, Elk Valley area of East Kootenay, British Columbia (at approximate Coordinates: 49°30′15″N, 115°03′46″W) on 6.6.35; later destroyed by fire.

1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-fernie
2. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/cf-a?highlight=WyJjZi1hZG0iXQ==
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-.htmll
4. http://www.dhmcc.com/
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernie,_British_Columbia

DH.60M [Gipsy I] to DeHavilland Canada without C of A; arrived Mount Dennis 29.4.29. Registered as CF-ADM [C of R 635] 31.5.29 to A.E. McLean, Bathurst, New Brunswick. Registered 7.8.29 to Atlantic Airways Ltd, St John, New Brunswick. Registered [C of R 1107] 19.3.32 to G.B.R. Grant, St John, New Brunswick (later Vancouver).

Registration CF-ADM cancelled 6.6.35. Remains dumped in hangar at Elko Airport; “scant remains” rescued mid 1990s by Clark Seaborn, Calgary; rebuild commenced 2005.

According to a report dated 3.11.2013 (see link #4) the surviving remains of CF-ADM have been salvaged and are being used to assist in the rebuilt of DH.60 Moth CF-ADU, quote: "3rd November 2013 Today we extend a warm welcome to the Club to Clark Seaborn of Calgary, Alberta. Clark is restoring CF-ADU using parts from Canadian-assembled Moth CF-ADM which crashed in 1935. Clark hopes to have her flying next year after a 7-year rebuild. What a superb project!"

UPDATE: Registered C-FADU 22.11.13 to Clark G Seaborn, Calgary (as DH.60M Replica c/no. S5). Fuselage structurally complete and painted as CF-ADU [3.14]; re-flown 12.10.14 after rebuilt completed

Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the western approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Aug-2017 12:12	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Nov-2020 07:15	Sergey L.	Updated [Source]
31-Oct-2023 07:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source]]
14-Mar-2024 07:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
14-Mar-2024 07:24	ASN	Updated [Narrative]