ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25860
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| Date: | Thursday 24 July 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Steel Brothers (Tanganyika Forests) Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KJC |
| MSN: | 6532 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bush Road near Mtama, Lindi, Southern Province -
 Tanzania
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Mtama, Lindi, Southern Province, Tanganyika |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Miles M.65 Gemini 1A MSN 6532: Registered (C of R 11993/1) as G-AKKF to Air Schools (Derby) Ltd, Burnaston, Derbyshire 3.5.48. C of A No.10100 issued 11.5.48. To Donald Ross, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire 18.5.49 (C of R 11993/2, later R2192/2). Registration briefly cancelled 1.10.51. Registration restored (C of R 2192/3) to W.S. Shackleton Ltd, Piccadilly, London 11.10.51. Registration G-AKKF cancelled 11.10.51 as "sold abroad".
Re-registered VP-KJC to Steel Bros (T.T.Forests) Ltd, Lindi 30.11.51. Suffered engine failure after take-off from a company airstrip on Rondo Plateau 24.7.52. Forced landing on bush road near Mtama, Southern Province, Tanganyika, without injury to occupants.
Damaged beyond local repair, dismantled and scrapped. Replaced by MSN 6496 VR-TBP.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKKF.pdf
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtama
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Nov-2012 16:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2014 08:05 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2022 09:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2022 14:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 22-Sep-2022 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2022 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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