ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18724
Last updated: 5 October 2020
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| Date: | 02-NOV-1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ADBU |
| C/n / msn: | 6280 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow |
c/no.6280: Registered G-ADBU [C of R 5570] 27.4.35 to United Airways Ltd, Heston/Stanley Park. C of A 4794 issued 29.4.35; delivered same day. Merged into British Airways Ltd 1.10.35; registered to them [C of R 6697] 31.1.36, based Stanley Park, Blackpool. Transferred 11.6.36 to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew; re-registered to them [C of R 7276] 19.8.36.
Believed crashed on take off from Renfrew 2.11.36 since registration cancelled 8.11.36 as pwfu ("permanently withdrawn from use") with a still-current C of A. No reported injuries to the eight persons on board (piot & seven passengers).
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADBU.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-glasgow-1
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p062.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Dec-2011 21:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2017 00:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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