ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25295
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| Date: | Friday 30 June 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-AKME |
| MSN: | 6767 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lympne, Kent [LYM/EGMK] |
| Wolverhampton (Pendeford) Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6767: Taken on charge as NF896 at 16 Group Communications Flight, Detling 30.6.44; coded "9S-A". To De Havilland for maintenance 8.3.46; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 25.10.46.
Sold 11.3.48 to Tyne Taxis Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Registered as G-AKME (C of R 12042) 1.3.48 to Tyne Taxis Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. C of A 10106 issued 7.5.48. Registered 21.2.50 to Wolverhampton Aviation Ltd., Wolverhampton
Written off (Destroyed by fire) whilst starting engine at Lympne Airport, Ashford, Kent 30.6.50. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Gloucestershire Echo" Saturday 1 July 1950):
'PLANE ABLAZE AT AIRPORT
A DE HAVILLAND Rapide passenger 'plane belonging to the Wolverhampton Aviation Company was badly damaged by fire while refuelling at Lympne Airport, Kent, yesterday. The fire began when the port engine caught alight. The co-pilot, Joseph Bradley, of Castle Croft-road, Compton, Staffs., received a slightly cut hand. The pilot was Flt./Lt. S. Robinson, of Watson Road, Wolverhampton."
All occupants were able to vacate the cabin before the aircraft would be destroyed by fire. There were no injuries. Registration G-AKME cancelled with effect from the same day as "fire".
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKME.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-fire-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-lympne
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?action=printpage;topic=14041.0
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2012 13:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2019 01:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2020 15:51 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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