ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28553
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| Date: | Sunday 22 July 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Oilfields Supply & Trading Co |
| Registration: | G-AESR |
| MSN: | 6363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gerdes El Abid, 30 miles E of El Marj -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gerdes El Abid, Libya |
| Benghazi, Libya | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered as G-AESR [C of R 7604] 18.3.37 to Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, London EC2 (but based at Haifa). C of A 5954 issued 25.6.37. Cancelled 18.9.47 and re-registered on 18.10.47 to Airwork Ltd, Hounslow (but based at Perth). Operated in 1950 by Channel Island Air Services Ltd, Guernsey. C of R No changed to R66 in 1950. Based by Airwork at Blackbushe early 1951.
C of A lapsed 13.3.51 and stored/overhauled at Langley, Berkshire; C of A renewed 7.11.52. Cancelled again 1.2.53 and re-registered [C of R 66/3] on 18.3.53 to Air Kruise (Kent) Ltd, Lympne, Hythe, Kent; (also t/a Trans Channel Airways, London W.1, from 29.7.55). Leased 1.56 to Oilfields Supply & Trading Co, Benghazi, Libya. Not re-registered to them, as the aircraft was only leased, not purchased.
Written off 22.7.56: nosed over and badly damaged when hit soft sand on take off from Gerdes El Abid, 30 miles East of El Marj, Libya, at approximate co-ordinates: Latitude 32°17' 59", Longitude 20°58' 59". The aircraft was written off while all seven occupants [pilot and six passengers] were rescued and evacuated. Registration G-AESR cancelled 26.9.56 as "Withdrawn From Use".
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-gerdes-el-abid
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1236023/
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae.
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
5. http://www.gomapper.com/travel/where-is/gerdes-el-abid-located.html
6. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AESR.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 19:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2014 02:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 19:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Feb-2018 19:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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