ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24935
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| Date: | Sunday 3 November 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Midland Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBLW |
| MSN: | 189 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bills Lane, Shirley, Warwickshire, South East of Birmingham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire |
c/no. 189 DH.60 [Cirrus I]: registered G-EBLW [C of R 1181] 22.6.25 to The Midland Aero Club Ltd, Castle Bromwich; fleet number 2. C of A 890 issued 9.9.25 and delivered 25.9.25.
Crashed at Shirley, near Birmingham 3.11.29: A few minutes after his departure from Castle Bromwich Airport, while flying bound to the south, the pilot encountered technical problems, and attempted an emergency landing. Aircraft came to rest in a field in Bills Lane, Shirley, south east of Birmingham. While both occupants were slightly injured, aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration cancelled 9.11.29 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH_60.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBLW.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-shirley
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p001.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
6. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley,_West_Midlands
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2011 14:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 20:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2018 18:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Sep-2023 16:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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