ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28536
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 April 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Wilson Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-KBG |
| MSN: | 6079 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nairobi Dagoretti Airport, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi Dagoretti Airport, Nairobi, Kenya (HKNC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6079 (Gipsy Major #5559/5560) DH.84 Mk II registered as G-ACRO [C of R 5007] 3.5.34 to The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield. C of A 4281 issued 4.5.34. Delivered 7.5.34 to Mrs F.K. Wilson t/a Wilson Airways. Registration cancelled 10.34 as sold abroad and UK C of A renewed 2.11.34. Registered in Kenya as VP-KBG 23.11.34 to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi
Written off (destroyed) when crashed on take-off Nairobi Dagoretti Airport, Nairobi, Kenya 14.4.37. Both occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. Registration cancelled 2.6.37 as crashed.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACRO.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH84.pdf
4. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/matpc.17555/ [photo of VP-KBG in 1936]
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article?id=93:register-other
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-i-nairobi
8. https://metar-taf.com/airport/HKNC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 08:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 21:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2022 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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