ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145907
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| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | David Dear (nominee for J.J. van der Leeuw) |
| Registration: | G-ACLX |
| MSN: | 7036 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mporoto Mountains near Tukuyu, Tanganyika -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mpika, Muchinga Province, Zambia |
| Dodoma Airport, Dodoma (DOD/HTDO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 4727) 22.11.33 as G-ACLX to B. Rubin, Heston Aerodrome, Heston, Middlesex. Re-registered (C of R 5096) on 24.5.34 to David Dear, London W.1 (aircraft remained based at Heston, Middlesex). Although the Dutch pilot J.J. van der Leeuw became the owner in May 1934, the aircraft remained registered in the name of its previous English owner, as a nominee, so that it could also maintain its UK registration. Van der Leeuw received his pilot’s license in 1933.
In June 1934 he was invited by The New Education Fellowship in South Africa to hold a lecture during their Johannesburg conference. Especially for this purpose Van der Leeuw bought a De Havilland Leopard Moth (G-ACLX). During his return flight from this conference, on 23.8.34, while overflying Tanzania, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed into flames in a wooded area located on the Mporoto mountains, near Tukuyu. The pilot J.J. van der Leeuw was killed. He was performing the return trip from South Africa (Cape Town) to Amsterdam (Netherlands). His demise received a lot of attention by both the national and international press.
Registration G-ACLX cancelled 2.9.34 due to "destruction of permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. De Telegraaf 28-08-1934
2. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1934.htm#23.08.1934
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144870752/view
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACLX.pdf
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth-near-tukuyu-1-killed
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Jacobus_(J._J.)_van_der_Leeuw#Death
10. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p070.html
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpika
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodoma
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2012 12:29 | harro | Added |
| 26-Sep-2012 01:38 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Mar-2013 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2017 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2017 21:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2020 18:19 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 16-Oct-2020 16:39 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Oct-2022 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Category] |
| 04-Oct-2022 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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