ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141442
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 March 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | 1680 Flt RAF |
| Registration: | R5928 |
| MSN: | 6465 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carricknowe Golf Course, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Lothian -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow |
| RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Lothian |
c/no.6465: Taken on charge by RAF as R5928 under Contract 21547/39 at 2 E&WS Yatesbury 24.10.39; renamed 2 Signal School 26.8.40. To 1 Signal School Cranwell 2.10.41. To DeHavilland Witney for repairs 7.7.42. To Abbotsinch Station Flight 11.10.42. To 1680 Flight, Abbotsinch 15.6.43.
Written off 1.3.44, while on approach to Edinburgh in snow falls, crew made an emergency landing on the Carrick Knowe Golf course located in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Lothian, less than 2 km from the runway threshold. Both crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Struck off charge 2.3.44.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 37)
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-edinburgh
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 09:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 15:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2019 22:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2019 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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