Incident de Havilland DH.60X Moth G-CAKA,
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Date:Sunday 10 March 1929
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH60 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.60X Moth
Owner/operator:Victoria Aero Club
Registration: G-CAKA
MSN: 448
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Victoria, British Columbia -   Canada
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Victoria, British Columbia (YYJ/CYYJ)
Destination airport:Victoria, British Columbia (YYJ/CYYJ)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
c/no 448 DH.60X [Cirrus II #134] to Canadian Dept of National Defence with C of A 1256 issued 1.12.27. Delivered by DeHavilland to No.1 Air Depot, Ottawa 26.1.28 and to Victoria Aero Club 18.4.28. Registered G-CAKA [C of R 435] 4.7.28 to Department of National Defence and loaned to Victoria Aero Club, Victoria, BC.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10.3.29 during training flight, when stalled at 50 feet in turn after engine cut on approach at Victoria, British Columbia: pilot A W Carter & student H C Aitken unhurt. Registration G-CAKA cancelled 30.11.30 as "destroyed"

Sources:

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-C.html
3. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-canada-register/g-ca?highlight=WyJnLWNhb3ciXQ==
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/cab_detail_G_CA.htm
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p004.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60x-moth-victoria
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_International_Airport#History

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Jan-2008 02:34 JINX Added
31-Jan-2008 23:23 JINX Updated
04-May-2013 22:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative]
13-Jan-2014 21:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2017 19:11 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Source]
13-Dec-2023 18:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
13-Dec-2023 18:53 harro Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities]

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