ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222113
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Date: | Tuesday 5 June 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa Pty Ltd. |
Registration: | ZS-ATV |
MSN: | 6914 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Thysville Airfield, Congo Central Province, Belgian Congo -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Thysville Airfield, Belgian Congo |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:C/no. 6914: Taken on charge as NR850 at De Havilland Witney 14.8.45. C of A 7540 issued 18.3.46. Sold 23.3.46 to Aircraft Operating Co Ltd. Registered as ZS-ATV 12.4.46 to Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa Pty Ltd.
Written off (destroyed) when Crashed on take-off & destroyed by fire at Thysville Airfield, Belgian Congo 5.6.51. Registration ZS-ATV cancelled 26.10.51.
NOTE: Thysville is now known as Mbanza-Ngungu, and the Belgian Congo is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf 2.
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html 3.
https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=5&typeid=352 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Feb-2019 21:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
22-Feb-2019 21:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Country] |
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