Incident de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide F-BFEU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222885
 
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Date:Saturday 30 April 1960
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH89 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:Societe Aero-Sud, Algiers
Registration: F-BFEU
MSN: 6555
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:M'laca -   Algeria
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:M'laca, Algeria
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
C/no. 6555: Taken on charge as X7395 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU RAF Cosford 18.8.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70132/70134). To RAF Northolt Station Flight 21.9.41. To De Havilland Witney for maintenance 15.12.44; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 9.4.45. To RAF Halton Station Flight 25.10.45; coded “THA-D”. To 5 MU RAF Kemble 10.10.46 for storage pending disposal.

Sold 10.3.47 to C.W. Potter, Middlesex. Registered as G-AJKE (C of R 11369) 12.3.47 to Private Air Hire Service Ltd, London EC.2. C of A 9646 issued 28.8.47. Cancelled 13.10.48 and re-registered 29.11.48 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon.

Registration cancelled 20.5.52 as "sold in France (F-BFEU)". Registered as F-BEFU 23.5.52 to Societe Violet Freres, Perpignan, France. Re-registered 1.56 to Societe Aero-Sud, Bone [later Algiers], Algeria.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at M'laca, Algeria 30.4.60. Registration F-BFEU cancelled 15.6.60

Sources:

1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJKE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
4. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Mar-2019 19:19 Dr. John Smith Added

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