ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28704
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| Date: | Monday 1 May 1961 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Skyways Coach Air |
| Registration: | G-AGOJ |
| MSN: | 6850 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) |
| Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 6850: Taken on charge by RAF as NR774 at De Havilland Witney 20.2.45 for refurbishment (and shown on customer return as “trial installation” Mk.III: delivered week ending 22.7.45). Sold 29.2.45 to Scottish Airways Ltd. Registered G-AGOJ (CofR 9614) 27.4.45 to Isle of Man Air Services Ltd, Derbyhaven. Re-registered 10.9.45 to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew [hired from the Ministry of Civil Aviation] and delivered 17.10.45. C of A 7177 issued 27.9.45.
Re-registered 1.2.47 to British European Airways Corporation. Re-registered 8.7.48 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Squires Gate. Re-registered 28.2.55 to Skyways Ltd, Squires Gate. Operated [on lease] during 1955 by Deutsche Luftwerbung (DLW), Dusseldorf. Modified to Series 6 30.4.57.
Damaged on landing Lympne 21.4.57; repaired and returned to service. Re-registered 27.5.59 to Skyways Coach Air Ltd, Lympne.
Bounced and swung on landing Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent 1.5.61 and severely damaged. All six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were uninjured. Not repaired: Registration cancelled 13.6.61 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Collyer, David G (1992). Lympne Airport in old photographs. Stroud: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7509-0169-1. p.121
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGOJ-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGOJ-2.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-lympne
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lympne_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_in_the_United_Kingdom
8. G-AGOJ at Dusseldorf in 1955; https://www.dusinfo.net/showpic.php?id=9724
9. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lympne_Airport#Accidents_and_incidents
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 09:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2011 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 21-Feb-2019 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Mar-2019 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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