ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206432
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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | De Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor |
| Owner/operator: | Campling Bros & Vanderwal Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KDB |
| MSN: | 9400 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rumuruti, Laikipia County, Rift Valley Province, 40 km N of Nyahururu -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (WIL/HKNW) |
| Rumuruti, Laikipia County, Nairobi, Kenya | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First test flown by De Havilland Aircraft Ltd., Hatfield, Hertfordshire in "Class B" markings as "E-6". Formally registered [C of R 9065] on 30.3.39 as G-AFSD to De Havilland Aircraft Ltd., Hatfield. C of A 6585 issued 15.5.39. UK civil registration G-AFSD cancelled by the Air Ministry 30.5.40 as "Sold Abroad".
Re-registered in India [C of R 403] as VT-AMF to C.A.S. Booth by/on 30.6.40; actually dispatched ex-Hatfield 21.9.40. Indian Registration VT-AMF cancelled 24.10.41.
Registered in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) as VP-CAG 11.41 to C.A.S. Booth, t/a Colombo Commercial Co, Colombo;(registered with c/n 9408). Reported at Mombasa, Kenya, 15.4.42; at Eastleigh, Kenya 16.4.42 - next day - and possibly to Port Reitz later in 5.42. Registration cancelled 9.7.42. Impressed officially in East Africa as MP490 12.6.42 but clerical error resulted in aircraft being painted as "NP490"; operated by Royal Navy at RNAS Eastleigh, Kenya in 1943.
Registration restored 31.7.46 as VP-KDB in Nairobi, Kenya. Re-registered 13.12.48 to Campling Bros & Vanderwal Ltd, Nairobi [by now fitted with coupe top].
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 15.10.50 into trees on landing at Rumuruti, Laikipia County, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, approximately 40 kilometers due north from Nyahururu on the Nyahururu to Maralal road. (At approximate Coordinates: 0.25996N, 36.53633E). Both persons on board - Pilot & passenger - were badly injured.
Registration VP-KDB cancelled 17.10.50.
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFSD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-C.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH94.pdf
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p941.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumuruti
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2018 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Feb-2018 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Feb-2018 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2022 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Oct-2022 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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