ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222437
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| Date: | Friday 2 May 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Cie Veha-Akat, Vientiane |
| Registration: | F-LAAF |
| MSN: | 6935 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Xieng Khouang Airport, Phonsavan, Xiangkhouang Province -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Wattay Airport, Vientiane, Laos (VTE/VLVT) |
| Xieng Khouang Airport, Phonsavan, Laos (XKH/VLXK). | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6935: Taken on charge as RL953 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at De Havilland Witney 1.1.46. Allocated to Iranian Airways and C of A 7562 issued 18.3.46 to MSAP but order cancelled. Sold 5.4.46 to AAJC. Registered as G-AHGI (C of R 10032) 2.5.46 to Railway Air Services Ltd, London SW1 (aircraft based at Speke, Liverpool and on hire from the Ministry of Civil Aviation]. Hired to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew 9.9.46.
Cancelled 31.1.47 & re-registered 1.2.47 to British European Airways Corporation. Cancelled 1.6.48 & re-registered 3.6.48 to Patrick-Duval Aviation Ltd, Elmdon, Birmingham. Cancelled 1.8.48 & re-registered 9.8.48 to Patrick Motors Ltd, Birmingham. C of A lapsed 12.7.49; new C of R No.R1939 issued in 1950. C of A Renewed 19.8.52
Registration G-AHGI cancelled 13.11.52 as sold abroad to French Indo-China. Registered F-OANF 30.5.53 to Societe Indochinoise des Plantations, Saigon, French Indochina. Re-registered later in 1953 to Plantations Reunies de Mimot, Saigon, French Indochina.
Re-registered in Laos as F-LAAF 27.9.56 to Cie Veha-Akat, Vientiane, Laos. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2.5.58 when crashed on landing at Xieng Khouang Airport, Phonsavan, Xiangkhouang Province, Laos (at approximate Coordinates: 19°25′N 103°10′E)
Registration F-LAAF belatedly cancelled 2.4.70
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHGI.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/aajcfleetlist.pdf
5. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Railway%20Air%20Services.html
6. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/beafleetlist.pdf
7. http://www.angelfire.com/home/laoslist/ACReg/ACNos.html
8. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
9. http://www.angelfire.com/home/laoslist/ACReg/CVA.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonsavan#Transportation
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2019 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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