ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222677
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| Date: | Monday 9 October 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Societe Generale d'Affretements Aeriens (Air Fret) |
| Registration: | F-BFVM |
| MSN: | 6791 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | In Aménas (Zarzaitine) Airport, In Aménas, Illizi Province -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | In-Amenas (Zarzaitine) Airport, In Amenas, Illizi Province (IAM/DAUZ) |
| Algiers Airport, Algiers, Algeria (ALG/DAAG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6791: Taken on charge as NR692 at Air Transport Auxiliary, White Waltham 23.9.44. To De Havilland Witney for maintenance 12.11.45; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 18.7.46 for storage pending disposal. Sold 16.3.48 to Butlins Ltd., 439-441 Oxford Street, London W1. Registered as G-AKTD (C of R 12190) 19.2.48 to Butlins Ltd, London W1. C of A 10025 issued 14.4.48. Re-registered 17.10.49 to Air Couriers Ltd, Croydon.
Registration G-AKTD cancelled 4.5.51 as sold in France; inspected Le Touquet 7.5.51. Re-registered F-BFVM 8.5.51 to Aero Club du Touquet, Le Touquet. Re-registered in 8.54 to Transports Autonomes du Treport-Eu-Mers [TATEM]. C of A suspended 23.4.55; ferried to Toussus-le-Noble 3.7.56. Re-registered in 1957 to Aero Club de Colomb-Bechar.
Re-registered in 1.60 to Cie Generale de Transports en Algerie, [CGTA], Algiers. Re-registered in 1.61 to Societe Generale d'Affretements Aeriens (Air Fret), Algiers.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at In Aménas (Zarzaitine) Airport, In Aménas, a town in the Illizi Province of southeastern Algeria 9.10.61. Registration F-BFVM belatedly cancelled 16.3.71
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKTD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
4. G-AKTD at Croydon 1950: https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AG11773
5. F-BFVM at Croydon July 1956: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1509463
6. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Amenas_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2019 21:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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