ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283665
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| Date: | Friday 18 August 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Ste Air Madagascar |
| Registration: | F-BDAF |
| MSN: | 6515 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ankazoabo Airport, Atsimo-Andrefana Region -
 Madagascar
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ankazoabo Airport Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar(WAK/FMSZ) |
| Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar (TNR/FMMI) |
MSN 6515 Gemini 1A. Registered (C of R 11925/1) G-AKHL to Miles Aircraft Ltd, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 3.10.47. C of A No. 9786 issued 24.10.47. Registration G-AKHL cancelled 10.2.48 as "Sold abroad" (Sold to Madagascar).
Re-registered as F-BDAF 12.3.48 to Ste Air Madagascar, Tananarive. Reported crashed shortly after takeoff from 18.8.50 at Ankazoabo Airport, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar. According to a rough translation from French into English of the files at the French National Archives:
"File No. B-1577
- F-BDAF
- from 12.3.1948
- Company Miles Aircraft LTD in Reading - England
- Type Miles Gemini M.65 1A No. 6515
- Company Air Madagascar 12, rue du General Roques in Antananarivo
- TANANARIVE Ivato airfield (Madagascar)
- Struck off 28.11.1951 - destroyed accident of 18.8.1950 at Ankazoabo"
Certificat de Navigabilite (French C of A) suspended 29.9.50 at Tananarive. Registration F-BDAF cancelled 21.11.51.Total time on airframe 880 hrs. Ankazoabo is a town in Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Madagascar and the capital of the district with the same name Ankazoabo
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
2. French National Archives File 19880277/13 TRAC 38651 13 T 176 N° B-1577:
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/pdfIR.action?irId=FRAN_IR_014909
3. https://metar-taf.com/taf/FMSZ
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHL.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2022 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Sep-2022 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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