ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18759
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways |
| Registration: | G-AGJF |
| MSN: | 6499 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barra Airport, Traigh Mhòr, Barra Island, Outer Hebrides -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Barra Airport, Barra Island, Outer Hebrides (EGPR) |
| Renfrew Airport, Glasgow | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6499: Taken on charge as X7326 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 14.9.40. To 6 MU 15.2.41. To Air Transport Auxiliary, White Waltham [31.12.41]. To De Havilland for maintenance 3.5.43; to 18 MU 24.8.43. To AAJC 13.10.43.(Presumed struck off charge by RAF on census 21.6.47).
Registered G-AGJF (C of R 9486) 25.10.43 to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew. C of A 7029 issued 29.10.43. Re-registered 1.2.47 to British European Airways Corporation.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take-off from Barra Airport, Traigh Mhòr, Barra Island, Outer Hebrides, 6.8.47. All seven person on board (pilot and six passengers) survived and were rescued. Registration G-AGJF cancelled 4.9.47
Barra Airport (Scottish Gaelic: Port-adhair Bharraigh) (IATA: BRR, ICAO: EGPR) (also known as Barra Eoligarry Airport) is a short-runway airport (or STOLport) situated in the wide shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr at the northern tip of the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is unique, believed to be the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway. The airport is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited, which owns most of the regional airports in mainland Scotland and the outlying islands. Barra Airport opened in 1936. The airport's only destination is Glasgow.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGJF.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-barra
4. The History of British European Airways by Charles Woodley p185
5. Times Subject to Tides: The Story of Barra Airport by Roy Calderwood p.84
6. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/BEA.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 10:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2019 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2019 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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