ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153459
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 January 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Lt Cdr Patrick Geoffrey T Rodd |
| Registration: | G-AAYB |
| MSN: | 2033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Moritz -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Regd G-AAYB [CofR 2561] 6.30 to the Hon David F Tennant, Stag Lane. Regd [CofR 2739] 15.7.30 to Lt-Cdr Patrick Geoffrey T Rodd, Brooklands. CofA 2593 issued 17.7.30.
Crashed when stalled on turn on take off from frozen lake at St.Moritz, Switzerland 31.1.33; The pilot and owner Patrick Geoffrey T. Rodd was killed while the passenger Charles Schaer was injured. Registration G-AAYB cancelled December 1933 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh80.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1932/1932
3. http://www.stmoritz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/PDF/designgallery_flugpioniere.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAYB.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh80-puss-moth-saint-moritz-1-killed
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2013 19:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Nov-2017 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2020 18:48 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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