ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301226
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 December 1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly |
| Owner/operator: | Gold Belt Air Service Ltd |
| Registration: | CF-BFF |
| MSN: | 7543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Rouyn-Noranda Airport, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada (YUY/CYUY) |
| Ottawa River, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
c/no 7543 To DH Canada without CofA (and possibly without engines); erected and first flown Downsview 19.7.37. (Original Gipsy Major engines, if fitted, replaced by Series II engines #9010/9013). Registered as CF-BFF [C of R 2040/A45] 20.7.37 to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Toronto and fitted 21.7.37 with Fairchild Edo WA4665 floats.
Re-registered [C of R 2082] 6.8.37 to Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co of Canada Ltd (Cominco), Trail, British Columbia (for trips to Northern Ontario & Halifax). Transferred back to De Havilland Canada 9.37 and reverted to land plane. Leased 4.40 to Canadian Airways Ltd, Montreal for operations between Moncton and Halifax.
To RCAF as 7623 and taken on charge 30.7.40 at 1 Training Command, RCAF Trenton. Crashed Toronto Island Airport 23.9.41; repaired. Crashed Toronto Island Airport 4.5.42, repaired. To storage 3.8.42 at 6 Repair Depot, Trenton. Sold 25.11.42 to Clark Ruse Aircraft for $1,500; sale cancelled & replaced by RCAF 7627 (c/no. 7531). Fitted [11.42] with Gipsy Major engines 87249/7424 & 87265/7433. Sold 26.1.43 to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd for $1,500; stored until overhauled 12.45.
Registered CF-BFF (C of R 3305) 14.12.45 to De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, Toronto. Registered (C of R 3379) 16.2.46 to Lionel A Seguin, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada; operated by Gold Belt Air Service Ltd (8.46). By 7.47, the original Gipsy Major II engines were refitted. Nominal sale 18.6.48 and re-registered (C of R 7181) 16.7.48 to Gold Belt Air Service Ltd, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.
Written off when hit soft spot on ice while taxiing after landing on the frozen Ottawa River 20.12.49; aircraft fell through the ice, was partly submerged and damaged beyond repair. Registration CF-BFF cancelled 14.6.50.
Sources:
1. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH90.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p075.html
3. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_7600_7649_detailed.htm
4. https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-2-de-havilland-dh-89-dragon-and-dh-90-dragonfly
5. https://www.aviastar.org/air/england/havilland_dh-90.php
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_River
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2022 19:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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