ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18763
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Date: | Saturday 27 November 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | Southern Rhodesia Air Services |
Registration: | VP-YBZ |
MSN: | 6256 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia -
Zimbabwe
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:c/no.6256: CofA 4602 issued 10.12.34 to Cyril Hull (although sold new to African Air Transport via Jack Barclay Ltd). Handed over 14.12.34 and departed Hatfield 29.12.34 for Johannesburg/Baragwanath; pilot H.N.Hawker. Registered ZS-AES 31.1.35 to African Air Transport Ltd, Germiston; named "Mau Hea Tom". Registration cancelled 30.6.38 as sold to Southern Rhodesia. Registered VP-YBZ [CofR 59] 26.9.38 to Rhodesian & Nyasaland Airways, Salisbury. Taken over by Southern Rhodesian Air Services as 302 1.2.40. Reverted to VP-YBZ 30.4.42.
Crashed shortly after take off 27.11.43 at Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. No reported injuries to the six persons on board (pilot and five passengers), Registration cancelled 2.1.44 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf 2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-salisbury 3.
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html 4. Photo as ZS-AES:
http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide-Dominie_cn_6256.htm 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VP-Y.html 6.
http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Dec-2011 14:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
12-Dec-2011 14:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
17-Feb-2019 22:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
20-Feb-2019 18:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
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