ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15830
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| Date: | Saturday 6 September 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial Air Services, Johannesburg |
| Registration: | ZS-BCI |
| MSN: | 6510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Welkom Airfield, Flamingo Lake, Welkom, Orange Free State -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Welkom Airfield, Orange Free State (WEL/FAWM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6510: Taken on charge as X7337 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 24.3.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines#70027/70028) To 47 MU RAF Sealand 3.5.41, for packing and crating to be shipped overseas. Shipped to South Africa on the s.s "Lycason" 7.6.41. To SAAF as "1356" at 9 Aircraft Depot. To 2 Air School 28.8.41. To 62 Air School 5.9.41. High altitude performance tests 25.9.41. To 24 Group Comm Flight 15.9.44. To 61 Squadron, SAAF December 1944 to January 1946. To 15 Aircraft Depot for storage/disposal. To 28 Squadron SAAF 18.3.46; returned to 15 Aircraft Depot by/on 30.6.46.
Sold 5.7.46 to Coppen & Kotze (for £1,350). [Struck off charge by the RAF 26.9.46 as sold locally]. Registered as ZS-BCI 2.9.46. Regd 2.11.46 to South West Air Transport, Windhoek, Namibia. Damaged 12.11.46 when Port engine started up suddenly on ground & port wing struck hangar at Windhoek, Namibia. Operator renamed South West African Airways Ltd. Registered to Resident Motors Ltd. Re-registered 1952 to Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investments Co Ltd, Germiston; operated by Africair Ltd.
Written off when Destroyed by fire on start up at Welkom Airfield, Flamingo Lake, Welkom, Orange Free State, South Africa 6.9.52; whilst being operated by Commercial Air Services, Johannesburg. Pilot Captain J.D.W. Human escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
4. FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD: AN AFRICAN AVIATION ODYSSEY (page 365) By Capt Donald L. Van Dyke, FRAeS
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welkom#Air
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2008 23:02 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Mar-2008 03:11 | Nepa | Updated |
| 22-Mar-2008 08:52 | JINX | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2012 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 13:28 | Koumes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 13:28 | Koumes | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2019 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2019 22:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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