ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199172
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| Date: | Friday 29 November 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60G Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Rand Flying Club |
| Registration: | ZS-ABI |
| MSN: | 1124 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng, Johannesburg -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng (QRA/FAGM) |
| Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng (QRA/FAGM) |
DH.60G [Gipsy I] to Major Allister Miller (of Union Airways), South Africa with C of A 2093 issued 5.7.29. Registered as ZS-ABI [C of R 37] 7.8.29 to Union Airways [Pty] Ltd, Cape Town and used as mail plane. The only bi-plane ever operated by SAA (South African Airways) was a single de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth. ZS-ABI was taken over from Union Airways in 1934. The aircraft carried one passenger. SAA used it for non-scheduled work. Union Airways operated five of the type, two of which had enclosed cockpits. To Rand Flying Club, Germiston in early 1935.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 29.11.35. The pilot, sole person on board, was performing a private flight around Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa, when the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-gipsy-moth-johannesburg
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Airport#Pre_WWII
4. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH60G_Gipsy_Moth.html
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/zs-aaa.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-.html
7. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-south-africa-register/g-ua-zs?highlight=WyJ6cy1hYmkiXQ==
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Airport#Before_World_War_II
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2017 18:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Aug-2017 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2020 17:22 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Oct-2023 15:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source]] |
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