ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153518
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Date: | Saturday 13 June 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
Owner/operator: | Brooklands Air Taxis Ltd |
Registration: | G-ACDU |
MSN: | 2142 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Sold to Zagreb Aero Club, Yugoslavia (unconfirmed) with C of A 2940 issued 17.3.31. Registered UN-SAA [C of R 18] 4.4.31 to Societe de Navigation Aerienne Yougoslave (Aeroput), Belgrade (delivered 4.31). Registration cancelled as sold abroad 8.32.
Flown to Heston 22.8.32 and traded in against DH.83 UN-SAK [c/n 4014]. Still being flown in Yugoslav markings by Charles Powis 11.32. Registered G-ACDU [C of R 4180] 13.2.33 to Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley. C of A renewed 7.7.33. Sold (to unknown parties) in 3.34 and 4.34. Registered [C of R 5757] 2.4.35 to Brooklands Air Taxis Ltd, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey.
Written off when crashed at Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire 13.6.36: En route, the pilot encountered an unusual situation and was forced to make an emergency landing. Aircraft eventually crashed in a wheat field located in Aston Clinton. All three occupants were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration G-ACDU cancelled 2.7.38 as "permanently withdrawn from use".
Sources:
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http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACDU.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll 4.
https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh80.pdf 5.
http://www.paluba.info/smf/index.php?topic=14123.0 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_UN-.html 7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80-puss-moth-aston-clinton 8.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p021.html 9.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1939.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2013 10:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Dec-2017 22:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
28-Mar-2020 23:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
28-Mar-2020 23:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
10-Jan-2021 14:17 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Source] |
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