ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25857
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| Date: | Monday 10 December 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Noon & Pearce Air Charters |
| Registration: | VP-KEG |
| MSN: | 6302 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Rukwa, Rukwa Valley, Songwe Region, SW Tanganyika -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
MSN 6302 Miles M.65 Gemini 1A. Registered (C of R 11568/1) as G-AJTE to Miles Aircraft of South Africa Ltd., Johannesburg, South Africa 29.5.47. C of A 9488 issued 29.5.47. Re-registered (C of R 11568/2) 15.7.47, still as G-AJTE, to Noone & Pearce Air Charters Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya. Registration cancelled 8.11.47 as "transferred to Kenya sub-register as VP-KEG"
As VP-KEG force landed on starboard engine only and made wheels up landing 10.12.51 at Lake Rukara, Tanganyika (now Tanzania). It is believed that the cause of the accident was due to the port propeller falling off in flight. Reports suggests VP-KEG was broken up/scrapped at the accident site.
Lake Rukwa is an endorheic lake located the Rukwa Valley of Rukwa Region, Songwe Region and Katavi Region in southwestern Tanzania. The lake is the third largest inland body of water in the country.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJTE.pdf
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1993.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Rukwa
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2012 15:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2014 08:09 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2022 02:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Sep-2022 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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