ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191353
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| Date: | Sunday 17 March 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wrightson Air Hire |
| Registration: | G-ACSG |
| MSN: | 7066 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 5039) on 12.7.34 as G-ACSG to Wrightson Air Hire Ltd., Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 4031 issued July 1934.
Substantially damaged 17.3.1935: Spun into the ground after take-off from Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. All three persons on board were killed: Flying Officer Alfred Lindsay Gordon Hatrick (pilot, aged 24), Miss Margaret Mary E Collins (passenger aged 22) and Gerald Beaumont Vessey (passenger, aged 23).
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 6307) on 17.9.35 to John W. Adamson, John Street, Sunderland, County Durham (aircraft based at Leeming, North Yorkshire).
Presumably repaired/rebuilt as re-registered 25.4.36 (C of R 282) to Indian Air Survey & Transport Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta as VT-AHO. UK Registration G-ASCG cancelled 2.8.1936 as sold abroad. Re-registered in 1949 (on C of N) to Air Survey Co of India Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Ranchi, Jharkhand, India and registration cancelled 22.9.58
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACSG.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vt-aaa.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
8. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/86-register-india
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Aerodrome
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 September 1958 | VT-AHO | Air Survey Co of India Ltd | 0 | near Ranchi, Jharkhand |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2016 22:45 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 19-Nov-2016 16:32 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2017 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2017 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2018 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2022 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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