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| Date: | Tuesday 24 December 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Viação Aérea Arco-Iris (VAA) |
| Registration: | PP-AIB |
| MSN: | 6922 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fartura do Piauí, Sao Paulo -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no. 6922: Taken on charge by the Royal Air Force as RL940 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at DeHvilland, Witney, Oxfordshire 9.10.45. C of A 7409 issued 25.1.46 to Arco-Iris Viacao Aerea SA. Sold 9.2.46 to Rootes Blades Wharf & Smith for delivery to Brazil. Re-registered PP-AIB later in 1946 to Arco-Iris Viacao Aerea
SA, Sao Paulo.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Fartura do Piauí, Sao Paulo 24.12.46. Registration PP-AIB cancelled 30.12.46 (but seemingly not actioned at the time - and finally cancelled 4.4.2014!).
Fartura do Piauí is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartura_do_Piau%C3%AD
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2019 00:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Nov-2019 22:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Nov-2019 22:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Mar-2025 14:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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