ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24993
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 March 1929 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Cinque ports Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBNN |
| MSN: | 260 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mi NE of Lympne Aerodrome, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] |
| Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] |
Shortly after takeoff from Lympne, while climbing, engine failed. Pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field on km northeast of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants were injured, among them H.G. Travers, instructor. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Western Daily Press" - Saturday 30 March 1929):
"A DH.60 Moth, serial G-EBNN, crashed at Lympne at 17:00 hours on 27th March 1929. Owned by the Cinque Ports Flying Club, the pilot was a Mr. H.G. Travers and the pupil was his wife. Travers was a Flight Lieutenant in the Reserve of Air Force Officers and had graduated in the Service early in 1916. He had been 'demobbed' in 1919, having gained a great deal of experience flying seaplanes as well as standard types of aircraft - in civilian life he took up flying again in 1926 and had accumulated 303 hours which included about 242 in Moths. He had been appointed Chief Instructor of the Cinque Ports Flying Club in October 1928. At the time of the crash, he had given his wife 12 hours dual instruction.
On this flight G-EBNN had taken off from Lympne with the pupil at the controls in the rear cockpit and the flight had been without event for 7 or 8 minutes. Mrs. Travers executed one practice landing at the aerodrome and took off again but when the Moth was at a height of 150-200 feet the engine cut out. Her husband immediately took over control - having insufficient height to regain the airfield he attempted to land in a small, narrow field immediately below the aircraft but he stalled the Moth during a turn and it fell to the ground. The undercarriage collapsed and G-EBNN turned over onto its back.
The pilot was pinned under the wreckage for a time and his first fear was an immediate outbreak of fire, but although his head was immediately above the petrol tank he did not see or smell any escaping fuel. His wife at once came to his assistance and attempted to lift the wreckage off him, and eventually he escaped from the aircraft in one piece. The cause of the crash? Out of fuel..."
Wreckage taken to Brooklands, but not rebuilt; instead used as a "gate guardian" to advertise the airfield - incorporated into an advertising hoarding at the entrance to the airfield.
Registration cancelled by the CAA on 2.1.30 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Western Daily Press - Saturday 30 March 1929
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBNN.pdf
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh60.pdf
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=933.0
9. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVibm4iXQ==
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2013 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2017 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2018 06:07 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2020 19:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2023 06:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 14-Dec-2023 09:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Jan-2024 19:55 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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