Date:	Friday 24 January 1947
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	TTC CF RAF
Registration:	RL957
MSN:	6939
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (EGBJ)
Destination airport:	RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire

Narrative:
C/no. 6939: Taken on charge as RL957 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 10.1.46. To Technical Training Command Communications Flight, RAF Wyton 21.6.46.

Written off when crashed on take-off from RAF Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 24.1.47. During the takeoff run, the aircraft's starboard engine momentarily cut out, causing the aircraft to swing through 50 degrees to starboard, before the engine regained full power. The aircraft became airborne, but struck a fence, swung once more, went through a hedge, and crashed into a field beyond the airfield perimeter.

Not repaired; Struck off charge 10.3.47 as Cat. E(FA)

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.59. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.266
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?22054-Percy-Frankland/page2
6. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RL957
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucestershire_Airport#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Feb-2019 23:10	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Mar-2019 08:49	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
05-Nov-2019 18:08	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
21-May-2023 21:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]