ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215498
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| Date: | Thursday 21 July 1960 |
| Time: | c. 11:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Club de Portugal (AeCP) |
| Registration: | CS-AFB |
| MSN: | P.67 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Caparica, Almada, Lisbon -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Base Aérea Nº 1, Sintra, Portugal (LPST) |
| Base Aérea Nº 1, Sintra, Portugal (LPST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth: Built by OGMA (Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronautico) as P.67 (67th of a batch of 91 Tiger Moths built for the Aeronautica Militar (Portugese Army Air Force)). Sold off for civilian use and Portugese civil registered as CS-AFB in 7.59 to Aero Clube de Portugal, Sintra.
Written off when forced landed and destroyed in crash at Caparica, Almada, Lisbon, Portugal, 21.7.60; Crashed while low flying over newly built railway line. Both Occupants (aged 25 and 29) were injured.
The crash location of Caparica is a former civil parish in the municipality (concelho) of Almada, Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal. Caparica is situated on the Setúbal Peninsula, south of the Tagus River. On the opposite bank of the Tagus lies Belém, a civil parish of Lisbon. Caparica lies west of the central part of Almada Municipality and west of the 25 de Abril Bridge.
Registration CS-AFP cancelled as "withdrawn from use" 7.62
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 21 July 1960, p2
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/pPor.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caparica#Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Sep-2018 15:54 | TB | Added |
| 11-Dec-2021 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 06-Nov-2022 07:20 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Destination airport] |
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