ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163212
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| Date: | Monday 15 June 1931 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60 Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Johannesburg Light Plane Club |
| Registration: | ZS-AAB |
| MSN: | 435 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Butterworth, Eastern Cape Province -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Baragwanath Airport, Baragwanath, Gauteng, Johannesburg (FASY) |
c/no 435: DH.60X Moth [Cirrus II] first registered as G-EBTJ [C of R 1457] 13.9.27 to [DH agent] John H Veasey, Johannesburg, SA. C of A 1205 issued 13.9.27. Registration cancelled 2.2.28 as sold abroad. Re-registered G-UAAB 22.10.27 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club, Baragwanath; this was their 2nd Moth, named “Alister” 20.11.27. Re-registered ZS-AAB 31.1.29.
Written off 15.6.31 when crashed at Butterworth, Eastern Cape, South Africa: Crashed in unknown circumstances, injuring both occupants.
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBTJ.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
3. As G-EBTJ: http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb/g-eb-part-2?highlight=WyJnLWVidGoiXQ==
4. As G-UAAD/ZS-AAB: http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJnLWVidGoiXQ==
5. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60_Moth_construction_numbers_and_histories.htm
6. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60-moth-butterworth
7. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-UA.html
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterworth,_South_Africa
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2014 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2017 16:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 19:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2023 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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