ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27811
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| Date: | Monday 27 December 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | British European Airways |
| Registration: | G-AHXY |
| MSN: | 6808 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Renfrew Golf Course, Inchinnan Road, Renfrew, Glasgow -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Benbecula Airport, Outer Hebrides (EGPL) |
| Abbotsinch Airport, Renfrew, Glasgow | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6808: Taken on charge by the RAF as NR720 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 10.11.44. To De Havilland Aircraft at Witney, Oxfordshire for civil conversion 15.4.46 as Dragon Rapide Mk.3.Sold 14.8.46 to AAJC, Speke.
Registered G-AHXY (C of R 10444/1) 11.7.46 to Ministry of Supply London SW.1 for AAJC pool. Re-registered 11.9.46 (C of R 10444/2) to British European Airways Corporation, Ruislip, Middlesex. C of A 8062 issued 13.9.46.
Crashed on landing in fog at Renfrew Golf Course, Inchinnan Road, Renfrew, Glasgow 27.12.48 inbound from Benbecula on an ambulance flight. All four persons on board uninjured. Registration cancelled as "written off 17.2.49". File also marked as "confirmed on 23.5.49". To Croydon as spares for G-AFMF; remains present in January 1950
Sources:
1. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHXY.pdf
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/AMIL-Accidents-Aug-1944-Jul-1950.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-glasgow-0
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renfrew_Golf_Club
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 10:50 | John Baker | Updated [Location, Source, Damage] |
| 01-Jan-2012 13:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2018 19:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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