ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34400
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 April 1936 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Lawrence Aircraft Hire |
| Registration: | G-AARE |
| MSN: | 1176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cross Fell, North Pennines, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | West Malling, Maidstone, Kent |
| Kingsdown, Carlisle, Cumberland |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] registered as G-AARE [C of R 2262] 18.9.29 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex, and used for trials with experimental floats at Cowes, Isle of Wight
Reverted to landplane, bought 17.5.30 and registered [C of R 2575] 21.5.30 to Major Henry G Travers, [chief instructor London Aeroplane Club], Stag Lane; named “Grey Goose”. C of A 2508 issued 17.5.30. Registered [C of R 2927] 30.11.30 to The London Aeroplane Club Ltd, Stag Lane.
Sold 30.4.34 to Frederick W Denew, Cambridge [possibly based at Hatfield]. Re-registered [C of R 5399] 19.10.34 to John K Lawrence, Wilmington [later trading as Lawrence Aircraft Hire, West Malling with effect from 2.2.36].
On Tuesday, 21.4.36 this aircraft took off from Doncaster at 17.00 hours and headed in a north-westerly direction with the intention of flying to Kingstown (Carlisle). The aircraft had begun its journey at West Malling and had probably landed at Doncaster to re-fuel. Almost clear of the hills it crashed into the side of Cross Fell around sixty feet below the summit and overturned. In all probability the pilot died soon after of his injuries. It was a number of days before the aircraft was located and the body of the pilot taken away for burial. The crash investigation later found that the altimeter had been set incorrectly. Pilot - Mr Archibald James Moffat, aged 20
Registration G-AARE cancelled 7.5.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
The National Probate Calendar (see link #9) recorded the location of the pilot's death as "Penrith" (presumably a reference to Penrith Hospital, where the pilot's body was taken for formal identification
Cross Fell is the highest mountain in the Pennines of Northern England and the highest point in England outside the Lake District. It is located in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies within the county of Cumbria and the historic county boundaries of Cumberland.
The summit, at 893 metres (2,930 ft), is a stony plateau, part of a 7+3⁄4-mile-long (12.5-kilometre) ridge running north-west to south-east, which also incorporates Little Dun Fell at 842 metres (2,762 ft) and Great Dun Fell at 848 metres (2,782 ft).
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AARE.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1930-1939_35.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWFhcmUiXQ==
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-mt-cross-fell-1-killed
7. https://acia.co.uk/1936/04/21/dh60g-moth-g-aare/
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
9. https://www.genealogy.clanmoffat.org/getperson.php?personID=I19785&tree=UKEire
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Fell
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2008 10:22 | Magnimike | Added |
| 06-Jan-2011 20:55 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2014 18:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2017 13:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2018 17:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2021 16:57 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2023 13:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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