ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222383
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| Date: | Friday 9 December 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Air Brousse SprL |
| Registration: | 9Q-CPF |
| MSN: | 6961 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N'Dolo Airport (Aéroport de N'Dolo), Barumbu, Kinshasa -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | N'dolo, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo (NLO/FZAB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6961: Taken on charge as TX303 against Contract No.6/Acft/5072/C20a at DH Witney 22.3.46. C of A 8016 issued 14.6.46. Sold by Ministry of Aircraft Production to Arab Airways. Registered as TJ-AAE 6.46 to Arab Airways Association Ltd, Amman; named "Moab", later "Yarmouk"; delivered 6.9.46. Nominal change to Arab Airways (Jerusalem) Ltd 23.8.53. Damaged when tipped on nose Damascus, Jordan 17.12.53; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered as JY-AAE by 30.4.54 [possibly earlier?] to Arab Contracting & Trading Co, Amman.
Returned to the UK in early in 1964. Re-registered as G-ASRM (C of R R4070) 26.3.64 to Aerocontacts (Aircraft Distributors) Ltd, Gatwick. CofA issued 30.4.64. Registration G-ASRM cancelled 27.7.64 as sold in Congo. To Dr Gorecki, N'dola; probably as 9Q-CPF to Societe Colimpexe. To Air Brousse Sprl.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when struck building on take-off N’dolo, Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 9.12.66. By coincidence, the airline ceased operations the very same day
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ASRM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Dolo_Airport
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Brousse
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200568.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2019 19:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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