ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222107
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| Date: | Monday 10 July 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHTR |
| MSN: | 6964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abadan International Airport, Abadan, Khuzestan -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Abadan International Airport, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran (OIAA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6964: Allocated military serial TX306 but not taken on charge, and sold to De Havillands 1.4.46; completed as Mk.3. Registered as G-AHTR (C of R 10337) 3.6.46 to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Ltd, London EC.2 (aircraft actually based at Abadan, Iran). C of A 7858 issued 4.7.46.
Written off (Destroyed by fire) at Abadan, Iran after final CofA renewal 21.4.50. Registration G-AHTR cancelled 10.7.50 as "destroyed by fire in Iran ". Possibly caught fire when engines starting up at Abadan International Airport, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran
NOTE: The exact date of the destruction of G-AHTR is not known...only that it was after 21.4.50 and before 10.7.50. The latter date is therefore being used as a "nominal" date of the airframe's demise, pending confirmation of the actual date.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHTR.pdf
3. https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=5&typeid=352
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2019 20:16 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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