ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29089
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| Date: | Friday 24 June 1955 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Drakensberg Air Services (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-DDX |
| MSN: | 6411 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mokhotlong Airport, Mokhotlong, Basutoland -
 Lesotho
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ladysmith Airport, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal (ALY/FALY) |
| Mokhotlong Airport, Mokhotlong, Basutoland (NKH/FXMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6411: CofA 6338 issued 1.7.38. Registered ZS-AOM 30.8.38 to Stewarts & Lloyds of South Africa Ltd. Impressed into SAAF as 1401 31.7.40. To 61 Squadron, SAAF 1.8.40 to 31.7.45. Re-registered ZS-CAB 7.12.46 to Department of Transport (and/or Department of Civil Aviation).
Re-registered ZS-DDX 13.5.50 to Pretoria Light Aircraft Co Ltd. Re-registered 1951 to Drakensberg Air Services (Pty) Ltd, Ladysmith. Badly damaged by tornado at Ladysmith 10.1.55; repaired and returned to service.
Crashed on landing Mokhotlong Airport, Basutoland, Lesotho 24.6.55. Registration cancelled 31.8.57.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_ZS-1.html
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-mokhotlong
5. As SAAF 1401 in 1944: http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide-Dominie_cn_6411.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Nov-2008 23:23 | angels one five | Updated |
| 02-Jan-2012 09:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2019 21:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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