ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18773
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| Date: | Thursday 6 December 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways |
| Registration: | G-AGPH |
| MSN: | 6889 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barra Island, Outer Hebrides -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Barra Island, Outer Hebrides |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6889: Taken on charge as NR813 at DeHavilland Witney 29.5.45 for refurbishment. Sold 30.6.45 to AAJC/Jersey Airways Ltd., and delivered same day. Registered G-AGPH (CofR 9637) 13.6.45 to Channel Islands Airways Ltd, Croydon t/a Jersey & Guernsey Airways [on hire from MCA]. CofA 7186 issued 30.6.45; delivered 12.7.45.
Registered 22.11.46 to The Minister of Civil Aviation, Jersey (but same operator). Re-registered 1.1.47 to British European Airways Corporation; later named "RMA Sir Henry Havelock". From 31/7/49 list base is shown as Renfrew. On C of A 10/6/51, off C of A 30/7/51. Damaged when over-ran runway 18/8/51. To Renfrew 20/8 51 major repairs. Major repair completed 14/9/51.
Written off in a landing accident: Upon landing on the beach at Barra Island, Outer Hebrides, the twin engine aircraft overturned and came to rest upside down. Both pilots who were engaged in an ambulance flight, were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair, due to immersion in sea water, as the tide came in. Registration G-AGPH cancelled 6.12.51 as "accident".
G-AGPH was one of a number of aircraft that were depicted on a series of stamps on 26.7.84 to mark the 40th Anniversary of ICAO and Jersey aviation history. G-AGPH was depicted on the 31p stamp in its rarely recorded immediate post-war (1946-49 livery (with the civilian registration underlined by horizontal red, white and blue bars) and retained the distinctive red, white and blue fin flashes, RAF style.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGPH.pdf
3. DH.89 G-AGPH at Croydon in 1946: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1518321
4. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/beafleetlist.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-barra-0
6. https://applications.icao.int/postalhistory/jersey_1984_40th_anniversary_of_icao.htm
7. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Jersey%20Airways.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 05:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2019 23:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2021 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Feb-2021 21:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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