ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221795
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| Date: | Sunday 12 October 1913 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Paterson pusher biplane No.36 |
| Owner/operator: | Paterson Aviation Syndicate |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kimberley, Northern Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kimberley, South Africa |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
12.10.13: Paterson pusher biplane No. 36, Paterson Aviation Syndicate. The Paterson biplane was a pusher aircraft with a 50 hp Gnome engine, at that time the most favoured type of engine for aircraft manufactured in Britain and on the Continent. The plane itself was similar in design to the Farman, although not of the same quality and airworthiness.
The biplane crashed with van der Spuy and Compton Paterson aboard, was rebuilt, and is often referred to as the ‘Paterson No 2’, but Kenny van der Spuy assures me it was always known as the ‘Paterson No 36’ in those days.
Paterson recruited Edward Wallace Cheeseman from the Grahame-White School of Aviation at Hendon, England, but he died on 15 October 1913 after complications (malaria, shock, and a broken leg) following the crash of the second aircraft (that had been rebuilt from the remains of the original No 36 after the crash of Paterson and van der Spuy). Cheeseman’s remains are incorporated in the monument to the pioneer aviators at Alexandersfontein, not far from the spot where he crashed, and beside the site of the original hangar, on which stands the present hangar housing the replica of the machine in which he crashed. This was the first fatality of a true aircraft accident in South Africa.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
2. http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol056dt.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2019 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Jul-2022 11:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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