ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219726
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.60M Moth |
| Owner/operator: | United Provinces Flying Club/Lucknow & Cawnpore |
| Registration: | VT-ABO |
| MSN: | 1421 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Unnao, Uttar Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cawnpore (Kanpur) Uttar Pradesh, Inia |
DH.60M Moth [Gipsy I #813] MSN 1421. To DH India with C of A 2271 issued 16.10.29. Registered as VT-ABO [C of R 68] 21.3.30 to Government of India; operated by Delhi Flying Club. Re-registered [C of R 98] 8.7.30 to Aero Club of India and Burma; operated by Delhi Flying Club, Delhi. Re-registered [C of R 117] 31.7.31 to Delhi & United Provinces Flying Club Ltd, Delhi. Re-registered [C of R 179] 12.7.33 to The United Provinces Flying Club Ltd, Lucknow & Cawnpore
Written off (destroyed) 12.10.33: Crashed after engine failure at Unnao. Pilot, an English Captain, was badly injured. He hired the airplane for an hour. When he did not return after half-an-hour after time, search initiated. Engine and parts of airplane were sunken into the earth.
Unnao is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Unnao district and a part of Lucknow division, between Kanpur and Lucknow. Unnao is a large industrial city with three industrial suburbs around it
Sources:
1. The Indian Express 13 October 1933, p.1
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-india-register/g-iaaa-to-vt-aim?highlight=WyJ2dC1hYm8iXQ==
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p014.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60m-moth-achalganj
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao#Air
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2018 17:23 | TB | Added |
| 21-Jul-2020 13:00 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 20-Sep-2023 16:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Source]] |
| 11-Nov-2023 19:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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