ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146759
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| Date: | Saturday 6 April 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Ethyl Export Corporation |
| Registration: | G-ADAO |
| MSN: | 6275 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Halberstadt -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey |
| Prague, Czechosolvakia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered G-ADAO [C of R 5499] 16.2.35 to Thomas Raymond Anthony Bevan, business manager and nominee for Ethyl Export Corporation, Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey (although the aircraft's "home airport" was, for official purposes, Heston, Middlesex). C of A 4697 issued 5.4.35; delivered same day.
Damaged 6.4.35 when overturned in forced landing in bad weather near Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany on delivery flight, en route Brooklands to Prague; salvaged & repaired at Hatfield. Flown throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa by D.W. “Tommy” Lucke
Registration G-ADAO cancelled 2.9.36 as "sold". Bought by Juan de la Cierva and Tom Campbell-Black and departed Heston 13.8.36 for Spanish Nationalist Air Force. Reported to have become 40-5 and destroyed 26.8.36 [but see also G-ADYM]
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADAO.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1936 | 40-1 | Aviación Nacional | 0 | Huesca, Aragon |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2012 13:15 | TB | Added |
| 27-Oct-2012 22:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2016 18:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2016 09:03 | TB | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2017 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2017 21:08 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2017 18:25 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Oct-2017 23:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2020 18:19 | TB | Updated [Location] |
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