ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18737
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHIA |
| MSN: | 6948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhodes Maritsa Airport, Rhodes, South Aegean -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Rhodes Maritsa Airport, South Aegean, Rhodes, Greece (LRGD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6948: Taken on charge by the RAF as RL966 (against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a) at De Havilland Witney 4.2.46. Struck off charge when sold 6.4.46 to Morton Air Services Ltd.
Registered G-AHIA (CofR 10074) 8.4.46 to Morton Air Services Ltd, Croydon. C of A 7606 issued 8.4.46. Cancelled 23.2.50 and re-registered 27.2.50 to Skyways Ltd, London SW1 (although based at Dunsfold). Cancelled 31.3.50, but registration restored 25.5.50 to same owner. C of R No changed to R176 1.6.50.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when it fell into an excavation (deep pothole) whilst taxiing at Rhodes Maritsa Airport, South Aegean/Νότιο Αιγαίο, Rhodes, Greece 5.3.51. All six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were rescued. Registration cancelled 11.6.51 as "aircraft withdrawn and destroyed"
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHIA.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-accident-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-rhodos
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
5. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Morton%20Air%20Service.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2019 18:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2019 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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