ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222593
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| Date: | Saturday 14 June 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Aigle Azur Indochine, Hanoi. |
| Registration: | F-BGPL |
| MSN: | 6865 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Safdarjung Airport, Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Safdarjung Airport, New Dehli, India (VIDD) |
| Hanoi, Vietnam | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6865: Taken on charge as NR789 at 13 Group Comm Flight, Inverness 16.3.45. To RAF Grimsetter Station Flight, Orkney, 17.1.46. To 13 Group Communications Flight, RAF Dalcross, Inverness 28.3.46; to RAF Turnhouse 9.5.46; reverted to Dalcross 17.10.46. To Fighter Command Communications Squadron, Bovingdon 6.2.47. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 27.10.47 for storage pending disposal
Sold 27.1.48 to Goodhew Aviation Co Ltd, Kidlington, Oxford. Registered as G-AKSL (C of R 12173) 4.2.48 to Goodhew Aviation Co Ltd, Kidlington. C of A 10075 issued 28.5.48. New C of R No.R1173 issued in 1950. C of A lapsed 18.5.51. Cancelled 27.2.52 & re-registered 17.3.52 to Transair Ltd, Croydon.
Registration G-AKSL cancelled 1.4.52 as sold to France. Inspected at Le Bourget, Paris 28.4.52. Re-registered as F-BGPL 30.4.52 to Aigle Azur Indochine, Hanoi.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off at Safdarjung Airport, Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi, India 14.6.52; probably en route (on delivery flight) to the Far East (probably Hanoi, French Indochina). Registration F-BGPL cancelled 8.8.52.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKSL.pdf
4. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Aigle%20Azur.html
5. https://immat.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/immat/servlet/aeronef_liste.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 02:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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