ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28155
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 September 1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Harrington R Law |
| Registration: | G-EBYJ |
| MSN: | 647 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Visseyne, Puy-de-Dôme, near Ambert, 25 miles from Lyon -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] |
| Bombay (Mumbai), India | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 647: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] registered G-EBYJ [C of R 1652] 4.6.28 to Major J C Savage, t/a The Savage Skywriting Co, Hendon. C of A 1440 issued 11.6.28. Re-registered [C of R 1785] 15.10.28 to Harrington R Law, Lympne (and sometimes used by Cinque Ports Flying Club).
Pilot and owner Harrington R. Law left Lympne, Kent on 24.9.29 bound for Bombay (Mumbai), India. While cruising over the Puy-de-Dôme, between Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon, pilot encountered technical problems, and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. Aircraft came to rest in Ambert, 25 miles from Lyon and was damaged beyond repair while the pilot was unhurt. Registration cancelled 29.9.29
The pilot, Harrington R "Tony" Law was born in 1899 (so was 30 at the time of the above incident). He was the son of UK Prime Minister the Right Honorable Andrew Bonar Law (who was Prime Minister from 23.10.1922 to 20.5.1923). Harrington Law survived this incident, and died in 1958, aged 59.
Puy-de-Dôme is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. Its prefecture is Clermont-Ferrand and subprefectures are Ambert, Issoire, Riom, and Thiers.
Sources:
1. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBYJ.pdf
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929 [Paywall]
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-ambert
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
6. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVieWoiXQ==
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p006.html
8. https://www.geni.com/people/Harrington-Law/6000000055322150990
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy-de-D%C3%B4me
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambert
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2013 01:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 23:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 21:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Dec-2018 07:20 | Sergey L. | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 20-Dec-2023 17:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Dec-2023 17:21 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Country] |
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