ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222859
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| Date: | Monday 8 April 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Societe Laos Air-Service, Vientiane. |
| Registration: | F-OAQY |
| MSN: | 6566 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Xam Neua Nathong Airport, Xam Neua, Houaphan Province -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Wattay Airport, Vientiane, Laos (VTE/VLVT) |
| Nathong Airport, Xam Neua, Houaphan Province, Laos (NEU/VLSN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6566: Taken on charge as X7406 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU RAF Dumfries 17.9.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70097/70106) To 10 AOS Dumfries 22.9.41. To 2 [O]AFU RAF Millom 12.8.42. Rturned to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 11.9.42. To 1 Signal School RAF Cranwell 24.9.42; became 1 Radio School. Returned to 18 MU Dumfries 5.7.44. To RAF Fairwood Common 26.10.44. To 84 Group Comm Flight, Gilze-Rijen 22.3.45. Returned to Fairwood Common 12.4.45. To 1 APC, Fairwood Common 19.7.45. To 18 MU Dumfries 3.10.45. To 1 Ferry Unit Pershore 17.1.46. To 18 MU Dumfries 10.4.46 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 9.12.47 to Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd. Registered as G-AKOD (C of R 12091) 3.12.47 to Darlington & District Aero Club Ltd, Croft. C of A 10152 issued 30.9.48. Cancelled 23.5.49 and re-registered 26.5.49 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (later Yeadon, West Yorkshire). New C of R R.2036 issued in 1950. Registration cancelled 24.11.50 as put into long term store. Registration restored 4.7.51 to same party; C of A renewed 16.1.52; lapsed again 15.1.53; renewed 14.4.54. Cancelled and re-registered 12.4.54 to Aeroservices Ltd, Croydon.
Registration G-AKOD cancelled 23.6.54 as sold to (Indo-China). Inspected at Hanoi 1.7.54. Registered as F-OAQY 31.8.54 to Cie Autrex, Saigon. Re-registered in 8.55 to Societe Laos Air-Service, Vientiane, Laos.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9.4.57 when crashed on landing Xam Neua Nathong Airport, Xam Neua, Houaphan Province, Laos; 1 killed. Registration F-OAQY cancelled 17.6.57
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKOD.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
4. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Fotos%2060/LAC-DH.89.jpg
5. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/francerest/20170112.txt
6. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2019 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Mar-2019 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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