ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140390
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 17-MAY-1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Quebec Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | CF-AVJ |
| C/n / msn: | 6295 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | St. John, New Brunswick -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | St. John, New Brunswick, Canada (YSJ/CYSJ) |
c/no.6295: Floatplane shipped unassembled to DH Canada, without UK C of A. (2 x Gipsy Six engines#6322/6323) Registered CF-AVJ [CofR 1677] 24.9.35 to Canadian Airways Ltd, Winnipeg. Registered [C of R 2201/A168] 30.3.38 to (subsidiary) Quebec Airways Ltd, Montreal.
Written off when port engine caught fire on start-up at St John, New Brunswick 17.5.39: aircraft destroyed by fire
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_John_Airport
3. http://www.airlinercafe.com/photo_852.details
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_CF-1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2011 03:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Oct-2017 19:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 19:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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