ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34135
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| Date: | Saturday 7 March 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Nederlandse Nieuw Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij |
| Registration: | PK-AKW |
| MSN: | 6294 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Babo Airfield, Maccluer Gulf, Babo, Iriyan Jaya Province -
 Indonesia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Babo, Indonesia |
| Babo, Indonesia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6294: CofA 5048 issued 30.8.35 to Asiatic Petroleum Co; delivered ex-Croydon to Rotterdam 31.8.35 (possibly delivered marked as PH-AKV). Formally registered PH-AKW 4.9.35 to Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij [KNILM]. Modified on arrival at Rotterdam for air survey work. Re-registered in the Dutch East Indies as PK-AKW 24.1.36 to KNILM, but actually operated by Nederlandse Nieuw Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij (NNGPM).
Written off when overturned on landing Babo airstrip, Maccluer Gulf, Babo, Iriyan Jaya Province, Dutch New Guinea (now Indonesia) 7.3.36, whilst inbound to Babo. Aircraft came down at approximate co-ordinates 02°32′59″S 133°25′00″E. Pilot, Captain Tideman, and the two other crew members suffered only minor injuries. Aircraft was returning from a mapping flight.In April of the same year a Sikorsky S-38 amphibian was sent to Babo as a replacement for the unfortunate Rapide.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babo_Airfield
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PK-.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-babo
6. https://thejavagoldblog.wordpress.com/background-info-book-1/airlines/knilm-the-airline-of-the-dutch-east-indies/knilm-fleet-list/
7. "Flying Trio Leave Holland On Sunday" The Straits Times, 30 August 1935, Page 13: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19350830-1.2.77?ST=1&AT
8. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/TWEEDE.htm
De locomotief
10-03-1936
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Dec-2011 03:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2011 04:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2017 16:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2017 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
| 18-Feb-2019 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 18-Feb-2019 15:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Mar-2019 10:56 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Mar-2019 22:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 11-May-2020 09:20 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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