ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1256
Last updated: 31 October 2020
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| Date: | 28-JUN-1929 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Yarrow Aircraft Corporation |
| Registration: | G-CANS |
| C/n / msn: | 555 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Vancouver, British Columbia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
DH.60X [Cirrus II] sold to DH Canada with C of A 1337 issued 15.3.28; delivered to DH Canada at Mount Dennis 16.4.28. Registered as G-CANS S [C of R 389] 2.6.28 to Dominion Airways Ltd, Vancouver; named “Elsie”. Registered 4.6.29 to Yarrow Aircraft Corporation, Vancouver.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when stalled in steep turn, spun in from 1,500 feet, and destroyed by fire on impact at Vancouver, British Columbia 28.6.29; pilot A E Bennett fatally injured. Registration G-CANS cancelled 30.6.30
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/96-register-canada-g-c
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-vancouver-1-killed-0
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2008 21:10 | JINX | Added |
| 13-Jan-2014 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2014 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Aug-2017 14:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 30-Oct-2018 11:40 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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