ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18733
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| Date: | Saturday 23 July 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKSF |
| MSN: | 6490 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire (PIK/EGPK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6490: Taken on charge by RAF as R9562 under Contract 26448/39 at 12 MU 28.5.40. To 18 MU Dumfries 16.7.40. To 15 MU 23.2.41. To 48 MU 8.10.41. To 4 Squadron, Clifton 1.8.42. Damaged 24.3.43; to De Havilland for repairs 30.3.43; to 18 MU 15.7.43. To Northolt Station Flight, 29.10.43. To De Havilland for maintenance 5.12.44; to 18 MU 11.3.45. To Metropolitan Communications Squadron, Hendon 11.10.45. To RAF Halton Station Flight 8.9.46. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 3.6.47 for storage and disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 15.12.47 to Air Navigation & Trading Co Ltd. Registered as G-AKSF (C of R 12167) 14.2.48 to Scottish Aviation Ltd, Prestwick (initially regd as "R9652" - RAF serial instead of constructors number used in error; amended 8.3.48). CofA 10032 issued 23.6.48.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed following cabin fire at Prestwick 23.7.49; probably caught fire when engines were being run up. The pilot, sole person on board, was able to evacuate the cabin before the aircraft was destroyed by fire. Registration cancelled 25.7.49 by the Air Ministry as "destroyed by fire"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 58)
2, https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKSF.pdf
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-fire-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-prestwick
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Prestwick_Airport#Military_use
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 09:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2015 14:57 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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