Date:	Thursday 16 June 1949
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide
Owner/operator:	Somerton Airways
Registration:	G-AGPI
MSN:	6885
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Somerton Airfield, Cowes, Isle of Wight -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Eastleigh, Southampton (EGHI)
Destination airport:	Somerton Airfield, Cowes
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
c/no.6885: Taken on charge as NR809 at DH Witney 11.5.45 for refurbishment as Mk.III. Delivered and sold 30.6.45 to AAJC/Jersey Airways Ltd. Registered G-AGPI (C of R 9638) 13.6.45 to Channel Islands Airways Ltd, Croydon t/a Jersey & Guernsey Airways [on hire from the Ministry of Civil Aviation]. C of A 7187 issued 30.6.45; delivered 7.7.45.

Registered 22.11.46 to The Minister of Civil Aviation, Jersey (but same operator). Re-registered 1.1.47 to British European Airways Corporation. Re-registered 19.4.48 to Frederick Arnold Hill t/a Lees-Hill Aviation, Elmdon, Birmingham. Re-registered 17.5.49 to Somerton Airways Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Overshot on landing inbound from Eastleigh, struck trees and roof of house and crashed just outside of Cowes (Somerton) airfield, Isle of Wight 16.6.49. Pilot injured but all seven on board (pilot and six passengers) survived.

Registration cancelled same day as "Crashed Cowes Airport I.O.W." Remains still at Somerton in March 1952

1. Gilliam, A T (2002). Wight Air Wrecks. Brimscombe Port: Tempus. ISBN 0 7524 2376 2.
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGPI-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGPI-2.pdf
5. Flight Magazine (May 12 1949 page 572): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%200875.html?search=G-AGPI
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_airliners_in_the_United_Kingdom
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-cowes
8. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2534: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576688
9. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2531: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576685
10. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2527: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576681
11. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
28-Dec-2011 17:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
21-Feb-2019 14:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Dec-2019 16:37	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
07-Dec-2019 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
09-Dec-2019 18:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]