ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24993
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 27-MAR-1929 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Operator: | Cinque ports Flying Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EBNN |
| C/n / msn: | 260 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1 mile NE of Lympne, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29/03/1929: crashed one mile north-east of Lympne, Kent after engine failure on take off. Instructor (Major H.G.Travers) injured.
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 02/01/1930 as "destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1927/1927%20-%200250.html
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBNN.pdf
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2013 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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