ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154229
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Date: | Saturday 19 August 1939 |
Time: | 03:30 |
Type: | de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth |
Owner/operator: | Paul R Smith |
Registration: | NC12739 |
MSN: | 4026 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Point of Woods Coast Guard Station, Bay Shore, New York -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Floyd Bennett Field, New York, USA |
Destination airport: | Ocean Beach, New York, USA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Registered G-ABZD [CofR 3903] 26.9.32 to Anthony F H Gee, Stag Lane. Sold by DH to Troubridge e Heaton 21.10.32 (and thus Gee probably only nominee). C of A 3626 issued 27.10.32. Registration cancelled 12.32 as sold abroad.
Registered in the USA as NC12739 15.1.33 to Troubridge Heaton, San Mateo, CA (later New York). Re-registered 21.1.38 to Fanny Martino, Floyd Bennett Field, NY. Registered 13.7.38 to Paul R Smith, Flushing, NY.
Registration cancelled 19.8.39 after crashed off Point of Woods Coast Guard Station, Bay Shore, New York. The aircraft owned by Paul R. Smith crashed on take off from Floyd Bennett Field, NY. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh83.pdf 2.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABZD.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p040.html 4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.html 5.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962 6. Democrat and_Chronicle (Tue Aug 22 1939)
7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh83-fox-moth-floyd-bennett-field 8.
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab Images:
ORIGINAL NEWS PAPER ARTICLE
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Mar-2013 07:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
05-Jun-2016 20:15 |
HIRTLE |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Photo, ] |
22-Mar-2019 16:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Sep-2022 08:01 |
Lipatov Sergey |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
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