ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64469
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| Date: | Monday 8 June 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.90A Dragonfly (Tp3) |
| Owner/operator: | F8 Wing Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
| Registration: | 906 |
| MSN: | 7550 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barkarby, near Akalla, Stockholm -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Barkarby, Stockholm, Sweden (ESKB) |
c/no 7550 (Gipsy Major #8809/8810): To Swedish Air Force with C of A 5940 issued 9.6.37. To Fv906 (as type Trp3; later Tp3) and initially coded '6-3'. Later coded '8-99', '8-67', '8-57' and '8-68'. Some time operated on skis
Damaged beyond repair in landing accident (reportedly a heavy landing which resulted in structural damage) on 8.6.42 at Stockholm-Barkaby, near Akalla, Sweden. According to a rough translation from Swedish into English of the accident Report (see link #4 for the original Swedish text):
"Accident 06.08.1942 at F 8 depot. Damage to landing gear during movement on the ground from the 4th div diversion site to the diversion plate at hangar I. Marking 8-68
Engines: Gipsy Major nos. 5852, 5856
Mek vpl Andersson undamaged
Cause of accident: Ignorance
Aircraft damage: Landing gear legs bent. Crack in front wing spar at fuselage. Estimated repair cost SEK 2,500 Workshop 10.06.1942
Discarded 28.05.1943".
Not repaired, withdrawn from use and struck off charge 28.5.43.
Sources:
1. http://www.avrosys.nu/aircraft/Transport/253trp3/253Trp3.htm
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p075.html
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH90.pdf
4. https://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=96&p=53894
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkarby_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Jan-2011 09:26 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 10-Jan-2011 15:02 | TB | Updated [Date, Operator] |
| 30-Jan-2011 03:02 | Masen63 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2018 23:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2019 18:47 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 21:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Destination airport] |
| 15-Nov-2022 19:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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