ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24992
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 August 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Highland Airways |
| Registration: | G-ACCE |
| MSN: | 6010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wideford, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kirkwall, Orkney (EGPA) |
| Dalcross, Inverness (EGPE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6010 (Gipsy Major #5150/5151): Registered as G-ACCE [C of R 4073] 24.3.33 to The Hon Brian Lewis, t/a Brian Lewis & Co, Heston. C of A 3864 issued 21.4.33; delivered same day. Used for UK commercial aviation demonstration tour in joint venture with "Daily Mail" newspaper; named "Pathfinder". Visited Baldonnel, Ireland 8.5.33. Loaned briefly to Highland Airways 14-24.7.33, pending delivery of their DH.84 Dragon G-ACIT. Loaned to
Jersey Airways Ltd, Portsmouth with effect from 18.12.33. Sold [but not re-registered] 24.4.34 to Highland Airways Ltd, Longman, Inverness; named "Caithness". Operated first British Internal Mail air service 29.5.34 [or 26.5.34] between Inverness & Kirkwall.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into a stone wall on take off in heavy rain at Wideford, Kirkwall, Orkney 29.8.34; Pilot Eric Coleman & 7 passengers unhurt.
Passengers:
Gilbert Archer (Husband)
Mrs G. Archer (Wife)
John M Archer (Son)
Mr. Sharp (Husband)
Mrs Sharp (Wife)
Miss Sharp (Daughter)
Miss Traill
Damaged airframe recovered to Inverness and broken up for spares. Registration G-ACCE cancelled 2.9.34 as "withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-1-kirkwall
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACCE.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
5. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-gb-registers-g-ac
6. Orkney by Air: A Photographic Journey Through Time By Guy Warner [page 13]
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideford_Hill_chambered_cairn
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 08:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 00:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2020 09:11 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Oct-2022 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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