ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18757
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Don Everall (Aviation) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHPT |
| MSN: | 6478 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Albans By-pass, near Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Birmingham Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham |
| Leverstock Green, Hertfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6478: Taken on charge by RAF as R9550 under Contract 26448/39 at 20 MU RAF Aston Down 6.3.40. (2 x Gipsy Six engines #60044/60045) To Air Transport Auxiliary [31.12.41]. To 8 Ferry Pilots Pool [4.43]. To 1 Ferry Pilots Pool, RAF Hucknall 6.43. To DH for maintenance/repairs 8.8.43. To “T” Flight, RAE Farnborough 27.4.44. To Hendon [undated]. To 5 MU RAF Kemble 31.1.46 for long term storage.
Sold 27.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered as G-AHPT (C of R 10265) 22.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registered 24.8.46 to Island Air Charters Ltd., Jersey. C of A 7912 issued 6.10.46. C of A lapsed 21.3.51. Re-registered 11.5.51 to Aerocontacts Ltd, Gatwick. C of A renewed 18.3.52. Registered 25.3.52 to Wright Aviation Ltd, Speke, Liverpool. Registered 16.2.54 to Dragon Airways Ltd, Speke; named "Peter Tare”. Registered 10.2.56 to Don Everall (Aviation) Ltd, Elmdon, Birmingham.
Written off (destroyed) 7.7.59: Struck contractor's lorry and destroyed by fire whilst landing on the unopened St Albans By-Pass [which later became part of the M10 motorway] near Leverstock Green, whilst operating for Plascom Ltd/Tarmac Ltd [to replace damaged G-APJW]. Pilot Eric Ashton and one passenger, Mr. T.J. Livesey, County Surveyor of Holland, Lincolnshire, killed.
Registration G-AHPT cancelled by the Air Ministry 18.8.59 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 58)
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1302374/
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-saint-albans
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHPT-1.pdf
6. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHPT-2.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2011 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 12:36 | TB | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 19:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 00:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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