ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32094
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Date: | Friday 12 May 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | East African Airways |
Registration: | VP-KEC |
MSN: | 6893 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika -
Tanzania
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika |
Destination airport: | Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:c/no. 6893: Taken on charge as NR829 at DH Witney 30.5.45. CofA 7225 issued 19.9.45. Sold 22.9.45 to KLM. Registered PH-RAC [CofR 371] 1.10.45 to Ministerie van Verkeer en Energie/RLD; operated by KLM until 1.11.46.
Re-registered VP-KEC 1.1.47 to East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi. UK C of A renewed Croydon 3.9.47. Overturned on landing in heavy rain at Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika (Tanzania) 12.5.50; not repaired.
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf 2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-kilindoni 3.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf 4.
http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide 5.
http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/East%20African%20Airways.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_Island#Airport Media:
DH.89A VP-KEC when Netherlands-registered as PH-RAC of KLM at Amsterdam (Schipol) in 1946
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-Dec-2011 20:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
30-Dec-2011 11:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
21-Feb-2019 17:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Feb-2019 23:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code] |
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