ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139063
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 26-FEB-1921 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airco DH.4 |
| Owner/operator: | Syndicat National pour l'Etude du Transport Aérien |
| Registration: | O-BABI |
| C/n / msn: | H5925 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL/EBCI) |
Ex RAF H5925; sold to Belgian Air force as 'O-2', Transferred to civil use as O-BABI, first registered as such 20.8.20 to Syndicat National pour l'Etude du Transport Aérienne.
Written off 26.2.21 when crashed on take off from Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey, while on a cargo flight to Brussels,Belgium. While the pilot was slightly injured, the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_O-B.html
2. http://www.bamfbamrs.be/Dillien/O-B.doc
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1921/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-4-in-croydon/]
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Feb21.html
5. http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/CivilPics/first_register/AIRCO%20DH.4%20O-BABI/Airco%20DH4%20O-BABI.html
6. http://www.europeanairlines.no/societe-anonyme-belge-dexploitation-de-la-navigation-aeriennes-sabena/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Oct-2011 12:03 | ThW | Added |
| 18-Dec-2013 21:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2017 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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