ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140425
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| Date: | Sunday 30 December 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Indian National Airways |
| Registration: | VT-AHB |
| MSN: | 6308 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
C/no. 6308: Registered VT-AHB [C of R 270] 6.12.35 to H.H. The Maharaja of Kashmir & Jammu, Srinagar in VIP configuration for personal use & painted in Kashmir state colours of red and yellow. (2 x Gipsy Six engine #6325/6399) UK C of A 5256 issued 11.12.35. Registered [C of R 270/2] 6.5.37 to Air Services of India Ltd, Bombay; named “City of Bhavnagar”. Transferred in February 1941 to Indian National Airways Ltd.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overturned on landing Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 30.12.45, badly damaging port mainplanes and engine. All six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.Registration VT-AHB cancelled 2.2.46.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-kanpur
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2011 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Dec-2018 16:14 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 16:15 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Dec-2018 16:15 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Dec-2018 16:15 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Feb-2019 19:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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