ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28638
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| Date: | Thursday 5 July 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Air Brousse |
| Registration: | OO-CRS |
| MSN: | 6559 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Maimanimba -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Leopoldville, Belgian Congo |
| Mainanimba, Belgian Congo | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6559: Taken on charge as X7399 under Contract No B.104592/40 at 18 MU [undated]. To 10 AOS Dumfries 29.8.41. To 1 [O]AFU Wigtown 3.8.42. To DeHavilland at Witney for maintenance 9.9.42; to 18 MU 17.11.42. To 2 RS Yatesbury 31.12.42. To DeHavilland Witney for maintenance 21.3.45; to 18 MU 10.7.45. To 4 Group Communications Flight, Full Sutton 16.11.45. To 18 MU Dumfries 16.10.47.
Sold 2.2.49 to R.A. Short. Re-registered G-ALGM (CofR 12522) 17.2.49 to Squadron Leader Kenneth James Nalson, Croydon. UK C of A 10437 prepared but no date known. Probably sold in 1950 to Adie Aviation Ltd, Croydon. New C of R No R2704 issued 1950.
Registration cancelled 21.7.52 as "sold abroad (F-BGOL)"; inspected at Toussus-le-Noble 25.8.62. Re-registered F-BGOL 26.8.52 to Transportes Aeriens Waldberg, Nice. Re-registered 12.2.54 to Aero Club Paul Tissandier, St Cyr.
Sold to Belgian Congo August 1955; returned to Croydon for overhaul September 1955; repainted as OO-CRS 8.9.55; but delivered to Belgium as F-BGOL. Re-registered OO-CRS [CofR 1058] 11.10.55 to Air Brousse SPRL, Leopoldville, Congo.
Badly damaged when overturned on landing Maimanimba, Belgian Congo 5.7.56; Registration belatedly cancelled 16.2.59
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALGM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p065.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Feb-2010 02:50 | OOX | Updated |
| 27-Dec-2011 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2012 06:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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