ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63224
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1960 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89B Dominie |
| Owner/operator: | Air Brousse SprL |
| Registration: | OO-CJS |
| MSN: | 6429 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dakar-Yoff International Airport, Yoff, Dakar -
 Senegal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | N'Dolo Airport, Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (NLO/FZAB) |
| Dakar-Yoff International Airport, Yoff, Dkar (DKR/GOOY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6429: Registered G-AFLZ [C of R 8879] 21.11.38 to Airwork Ltd, Heston. C of A 6444 issued 14.12.38. Operated by School of Air Navigation, Shoreham; later 7 CANS Perth; renamed 7 AONS 30.11.39. To 6 AONS Staverton 23.5.40. Registration cancelled 15.7.40 by Secretary of State, Air Ministry.
Impressed into RAF as Z7254 on 15.7.40 and retained by 6 AONS. (Sometime coded “2”). To De Havilland Witney for major inspection 2.7.42. To 1 SofTT Training Flight, Halton 17.12.42. To De Havilland Witney 27.8.43 for maintenance. To 5 MU Kemble 23.11.43. To 10 Group Comm Flt, Colerne 13.1.44. To 5 MU Kemble 28.12.45.
Sold 29.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered G-AHPX on 22.5.46 to Field Consolidated Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 12.8.46 as sold abroad. UK C of A 7913 issued 17.9.46.
Re-registered in South Africa as ZS-AYF on 19.10.46 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd; operated by Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa Pty. Re-registered upon sale or transfer to Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa Pty, Rand, South Africa.
South African Registration cancelled 28.8.56 as sold to Belgian Congo. Re-registered OO-CJS [C of R 1090] on 31.7.56 to Air Brousse Sprl, Leopoldville, Congo.
Badly damaged on landing near Dakar, Senegal 26.2.60. Crashed on approach to Dakar Airport while on a flight from Léopoldville. All six occupants (crew of two plus four passengers) were injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. Registration OO-CJS cancelled 23.5.60.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFLZ.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHPX.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
6. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89b-dominie-dakar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 08:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2018 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2019 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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