ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200819
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 March 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Surencha C. Mehta |
| Registration: | G-AACM |
| MSN: | 991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South Farnborough, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex |
c/no. 991: DH.60G Moth [Gipsy I] registered as G-AACM [C of R 1802] 11.28 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane. C of A 1699 issued 20.11.28. Registration cancelled 1.29 as sold. Sold to DH agent, Baron de Skorzewski, Poland; flown on North African tour, departing UK 1.12.28 and arriving Poland 30.4.29 via Stag Lane-Lympne-Abbeville-Paris-Chartres-Bordeaux-Carcassonne-Perpignan-Barcelona-Alicante-Malaga-Casablanca-Marrakech-Casablanca-Fez-Meknes-Oran-Algiers-Bou Saada-Biskra-Tuggurtu Oved-Nefta-Gabes-Zarsis-Tunis-Gabes-Trapani-Catania-Naples-Rome-Pisa-Görz-Venice-Vienna-Krakow-Warsaw-Zbąszyń. The length of the flight was 11,433 km and the flight time was 94 hours.
Re-registered as SP-ACT [C of R 76] 2.5.30 to Baron Bernard de Skorzewski, Poznan. Returned to DeHavilland, Stag Lane, Edgware 2.32 in part exchange for Moth SP-AHD, c/no 1893. Registration SP-ACT cancelled 4.7.32 as sold.
Registration G-AACM restored [C of R 3850] 12.7.32 and registered to Surencha C. Mehta, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. C of A renewed 13.7.32.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at South Farnborough, Hampshire 7.3.33. Registration G-AACM cancelled 31.5.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft".
NOTE: Some sources (see link #7) state the crash location as being "near Maidstone, Kent on 3.5.33" (possible confusion with Farnborough, SW of Orpington in Kent?)
Sources:
1. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AACM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A.html
4. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/gb-registers-g-aa/g-aa-part-1?highlight=WyJnLWFhY20iXQ==
5. http://www.samolotypolskie.pl/samoloty/780/126/De-Havilland-DH-60-Moth2 (Polish text)
6. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15495.0
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1981.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2017 21:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Nov-2017 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2023 09:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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