ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141542
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| Date: | Friday 11 October 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Ladysmith Air Charter |
| Registration: | ZS-DJT |
| MSN: | 6498 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ladysmith, South Africa (LAY/FLAY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6498: Taken on charge as X7325 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 4.9.40. To 7 Ferry Pilots Pool, Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire 17.1.41; attached to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. To 18 MU Dumfries 5.3.41. To HQ Ferry Pilots Pool White Waltham 15.4.41. To 10 MU 30.6.41. To 8 MU 29.8.41; returned to 10 MU 3.10.41. To 2 Signal School, Yatesbury 3.8.42. To 18 MU 18.2.44. To 1680 Flight, Prestwick 19.3.44. Transferred 16.4.46 to AAJC, Prestwick.
Registered G-AIHN (CofR 10684) 5.9.46 to Railway Air Services Ltd, Speke [on hire from MCA]. CofA 8512 issued 25.10.46. Hired 13.11.46 to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew. Re-registered 1.2.47 to British European Airways Corporation. Re-registered 26.11.47 to Gibraltar Airways Ltd. CofA lapsed 7.3.53. Sold 24.6.53 and re-registered 7.1.54 to A.J.Whittemore (Aeradio) Ltd, Croydon. CofA renewed 3.3.54. Re-registered 24.3.54 to General Mining & Finance Corporation Ltd, Johannesburg.
UK Registration G-AIHN cancelled 23.7.54 as "transferred to South African register (ZS-DJT)". Re-registered as ZS-DJT 23.7.54 to General Mining & Finance Corporation, Rand, South Africa. Re-registered 31.1.59 to African Air Photo (Pty) Ltd, Germiston. To Drakensberg Air Services (early 1961). To Ladysmith Air Charter, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, in 1962.
Ground looped and badly damaged Ladysmith Airport, Platrand, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa at 28°34′48″S 29°45′10″E on 11.10.63. Used for spares and then dumped at Oribi Airfield, Maritzburg: some small parts to SAAF Museum in 1978.
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIHN-2.pdf
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladysmith_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2012 04:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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