ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141461
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| Date: | Monday 25 August 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Fiji Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | VQ-FAM |
| MSN: | 6471 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Labasa, Vanua Levu -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Labasa, Vanua Levu, Fiji |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6471: Taken on charge by RAF as R5934 under Contract 21547/39 at 2 E&WS Yatesbury 6.12.39; renamed 2 Singal School 26.8.40. To DeHavilland Witney for maintenance 26.3.43. To 526 Squadron, Inverness 19.8.43. To 527 Squadron, Digby 3.5.45. To Radio Warfare Establishment, Watton 18.4.46.[Sometime coded “MD-X”]. To 5 MU RAF Kemble for storage pending disposal 17.12.46.
Sold 25.8.47 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd. Registered G-AKSH (CofR 12169) 31.1.48 to Brooklands Aviation Ltd, Shoreham. CofA 9962 issued 14.5.48. Registered 15.11.51 to W.S. Shackleton Ltd.
Registration cancelled 22.11.51 as sold in Fiji. Delivered ex-W.S.Shackleton to Harold Gatty, Suva, Fiji 30.11.51; arrived Fiji 7.2.52. Registered VQ-FAM 11.2.52 to (Gatty's company) Katafanga Estates Ltd t/a Fiji Airways.
Damaged by fire on start-up at Lambasa, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji 25.8.52; presumed not repaired as CofA lapsed 17.3.55 and aircraft broken up as spares for VQ-FAN
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKSH.pdf
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac5/ROW%20Asia/VQ-FAM.html
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH%20full%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 10:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Nov-2021 01:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2022 06:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jun-2022 07:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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