Date:	Thursday 10 June 1948
Time:	c. 19:02
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	Hargreaves Airways
Registration:	G-AIUI
MSN:	6675
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Cronk ny Irree Laa, near Dalby, Isle of Man -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Elmdon, Birmingham Airport (BHX)
Destination airport:	Ronaldsway, Isle of Man [IOM/EGNS]
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
c/no.6675: Taken on charge as HG690 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 18 MU 11.12.43. To Yatesbury Flying Wing [2 Radio School] 28.12.43; coded “208”. To 5 MU RAF Kemble 16.8.45. Struck off charge when sold 20.12.46 to Kenning Aviation Ltd.

Registered G-AIUI (C of R 10977) 8.11.46 to Kenning Aviation Ltd, Burnaston, Derby. C of A 8974 issued 29.5.47. Cancelled 14.6.47 and re-registered 26.6.47 to Hargreaves Airways Ltd, Elmdon, Birmingham.

Crashed and destroyed 10.6.1948: On a private charter from Elmdon Airport, Birmingham, with passengers for the Senior T.T. Race at 8 pm, the pilot, Captain Herbert, overshot an approach to Ronaldsway. It was not until midday the following day that a survivor was located and the burnt-out aircraft found at Cronk-ny-Irrey-Lhaa near Dalby. Of the 8 persons on board, there were 2 survivors, but 6 died - the pilot, a man, 3 lady passengers and a 6-year-old boy.

Registration G-AIUI cancelled with effect same day as "crashed".

1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999 Compiled by Michael Austen Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1999 ISBN 0 85130 281 5)
2. Poole, Stephen (1999). Rough Landing or Fatal Flight. Douglas: Amulree Publications. ISBN 1-901508-03-X (Pages 121-122)
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIUI.pdf
5. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/13889/liverpool-aviation-accidents-incidents
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide#Accidents_and_incidents
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-near-peel-6-killed
8. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2323: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576477
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronk_ny_Arrey_Laa

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
22-Jan-2010 23:19	John Baker	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Dec-2011 08:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
12-Jan-2016 18:07	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
18-Feb-2019 00:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2019 22:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]