ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32094
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| Date: | Friday 12 May 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | East African Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KEC |
| MSN: | 6893 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika |
| Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6893: Taken on charge as NR829 at DH Witney 30.5.45. CofA 7225 issued 19.9.45. Sold 22.9.45 to KLM. Registered PH-RAC [CofR 371] 1.10.45 to Ministerie van Verkeer en Energie/RLD; operated by KLM until 1.11.46.
Re-registered VP-KEC 1.1.47 to East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi. UK C of A renewed Croydon 3.9.47. Overturned on landing in heavy rain at Kilindoni, Mafia Island, Pwani Region, Tanganyika (Tanzania) 12.5.50; not repaired.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-kilindoni
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
4. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
5. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/East%20African%20Airways.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_Island#Airport
Media:
DH.89A VP-KEC when Netherlands-registered as PH-RAC of KLM at Amsterdam (Schipol) in 1946
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 20:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 11:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 17:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2019 23:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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