ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305754
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk |
| Owner/operator: | Ceylon Air Academy |
| Registration: | 4R-AAL |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing off Wellawatte Beach, Colombo -
 Sri Lanka
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ratmalana |
Last seen performing aerobatics over the sea off Wellawatte Beach. Presumed to have crashed in the sea, no trace of the aircraft or pilot was ever found. Pilot Nihal Seneviratne presumed dead.
Sources:
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/040215/plus/2.html
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