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Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth in Bundoran

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
EI-AAF
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
1262
YOM:
1930
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane departed Kildonan Aerodrome in Finglas with one passenger and one pilot on board. In unknown circumstances, the aircraft crashed on the roof of a farm located in Bundoran, Ulster. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
L. S. Coogan, pilot.
Passenger:
J. Doherty.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth at Baldonnel AFB

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
23
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Baldonnel AFB - Baldonnel AFB
MSN:
264
YOM:
1926
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Baldonnel-Casement AFB. On final approach, the single engine aircraft crashed for unknown reasons. Both crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth at Baldonnel AFB

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
24
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Baldonnel - Baldonnel
MSN:
265
YOM:
1926
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training mission at Baldonnel-Casement AFB. On final approach, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances, injuring both pilots.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth at Baldonnel AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1927
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
26
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Baldonnel AFB - Baldonnel AFB
MSN:
267
YOM:
1926
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control and crashed, killing the pilot, sole on board.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 in Fermoy: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Fermoy - Fermoy
MSN:
H5797
YOM:
1918
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Fermoy Aerodrome. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances. While the pilot was seriously injured, the observer was killed.
Crew:
Lt McCullogh, pilot,
Lt John Francis McDonagh, observer. †

Crash of a Vickers FB.27 Vimy in Clifden

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1919 at 0840 LT
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAAR
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saint John's - Clifden
MSN:
C105
YOM:
1919
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown were performing one of the first transatlantic crossflight from the US to Europe. The aircraft departed Saint John’s-Lester Field, Newfoundland, on 14JUN1919 at 1345LT. Following an uneventful flight of 15 hours and 57 minutes at an altitude of 12,000 feet and at an average speed of 185 km/h, both pilots reached the Irish coast on the morning of June 15. While landing in an open field located in Clifden, Galway, the twin engine aircraft nosed down and came to rest. Both pilots were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.