ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18743
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Iraq Petroleum Transport Co |
| Registration: | G-AGOP |
| MSN: | 6873 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mile Post 100, Syrian Desert -
 Syria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Haifa, Palestine |
| Damascus, Syria | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6873: Taken on charge as NR797 at DH Witney 10.4.45. Sold 30.4.45 to Airwork Ltd for Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd. Registered as G-AGOP (CofR 9620/1) 25.5.45 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa; (regd with fuselage no. BCL 89524). CofA 7178 issued 3.8.45; departed for Haifa 11.8.45; arrived 18.8.45.
Crashed near Mile Post 100, Syrian Desert 25.6.48. En route to Damascus, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a desert area located in the southeast of Syria. Both occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration G-AGOP cancelled with effect from same day as "withdrawn from use after crash" (but probably only effective after write-off declaration on 22.2.49)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-syria
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGOP.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jan-2010 23:19 | John Baker | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2011 11:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2016 21:16 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2019 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 12:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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