ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18747
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| Date: | Monday 18 March 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Airways |
| Registration: | G-AFEY |
| MSN: | 6402 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wideford, 5 miles NW of Kirkwall, Orkney -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow |
| Kirkwall, Orkney |
c/no. 6402: Registered G-AFEY [CofR 8342] 7.3.38 to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew. C of A 6225 issued 11.4.38; delivered 15.4.38. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Wideford, Orkney, 18.3.40: While approaching Kirkwall Airport, the twin engine aircraft hit a hill in Wideford, some 5 miles northwest of the airfield. All six occupants were injured while the aircraft was wrecked. For unknown reason, the pilot was performing the approach at a too low altitude and did not see the hill.
Registration G-AFEY cancelled same day due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFEY.pdf
3. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Mar40.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-wideford
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p064.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2011 18:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2017 20:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source] |
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