ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18732
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| Date: | Saturday 30 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Air Transport |
| Registration: | G-AIWZ |
| MSN: | 6867 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North East of Brough Airfield, Brough, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Brough Airfield, Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6867: Taken on charge by RAF as NR791 at 18 MU Dumfries 16.3.45. To 1 Ferry Unit, Pershore 11.10.45. Returned to 18 MU Dumfries 12.6.46. Struck off charge 11.11.46. Sold 12.11.46 to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. Registered as G-AIWZ (C of R 11043) 21.11.46 to North Sea Air Transport Ltd, Brough. C of A 8773 issued 13.1.47.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a barley field to North East of the airfield on landing Brough, East Yorkshire 30.7.49; pilot killed, all four passengers injured. Registration cancelled with effect from same day as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) BT 217/2593: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576747
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIWZ.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-brough-1-killed
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Aerodrome#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 10:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 15:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2019 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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