ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139063
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| Date: | 26-FEB-1921 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airco DH.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Syndicat National pour l'Etude du Transport Aérien |
| Registration: | O-BABI |
| MSN: | H5925 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL/EBCI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF H5925; sold to Belgian Air force as 'O-2', Transferred to civil use as O-BABI, first registered as such 20.8.20 to Syndicat National pour l'Etude du Transport Aérienne. Some published sources state that O-BABI was the first DH.4 to be civil registered in Belgium
Written off 26.2.21 when stalled and crashed on take off from Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey, while on a cargo/mail flight to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Brussels,Belgium. The aircraft came down just outside the airfield boundary. While the pilot was slightly injured, the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
1. Appleton, John & Thys, Armand; Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920, Midland Counties 1980
2. http://www.bamfbamrs.be/Dillien/O-B.doc
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh4-croydon
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb21.html
5. https://www.belgian-wings.be/de-havilland-d-h-4
6. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-belge-dexploitation-de-la-navigation-aeriennes-sabena/
7. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=20550.0
8. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/dh-4-o-babi-te-croydon
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_O-B.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2011 12:03 | ThW | Added |
| 18-Dec-2013 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2017 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2022 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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