ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222788
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| Date: | Sunday 30 August 1953 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Department of Civil Aviation |
| Registration: | VP-RCP |
| MSN: | 6659 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 100 miles from Lundazi, Eastern Province -
 Zambia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia |
| Nyasaland, Malawi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6659: Taken on charge as HG660 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a but delivered direct to De Havilland Witney for storage 18.8.43. UK C of A 7034 issued 6.11.43. To R. & J. Park for packing/shipment 10.11.43 and shipped to Southern Rhodesia via Cape Town on the s.s. "Roslin Castle" 20.11.43; arrived 11.12.43. Struck off charge as transferred to SRAF (Southern Rhodesia Air Force)18.12.43.
Civil Registered as VP-YCJ 20.1.44 to Southern Rhodesia Air Services. Re-registered 1.6.46 to Central African Airways. Registration cancelled 2nd Quarter of 1950 (=between 1.4.50 and 30.6.50) as sold to Nyasaland, Malawi. Re-registered as VP-NAK 17.6.50 to Government of Nyasaland, Zomba, Malawi. Registration VP-NAK cancelled 12.51. Re-registered in Northern Rhodesia as VP-RCP 31.1.52 to Dept of Civil Aviation, Northern Rhodesian Government, Lusaka.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on the Northern Rhodesia/Nyasaland border, 100 miles from Lundazi, Northern Rhodesia 30.8.53; 4 occupants on board (pilot and three passengers) injured.
NOTE: Northern Rhodesia became Zambia, and Nyasaland became Malawi in 1964.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundazi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2019 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Jan-2022 10:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Apr-2022 11:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location] |
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