ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25029
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| Date: | 08-JAN-1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Highland Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACGK |
| C/n / msn: | 6033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Longman Point, Beauly Firth, Inverness -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Longman Airport, Inverness |
First registered as G-ACGK (C of R 4357) on 30.5.33 to ECG England (Vacuum Oil Co Ltd)., Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex. Sold on and re-registered to Highland Airways Ltd., Inverness on 11.7.1934 (C of A 3468/C of R 5227).
Written off when ditched into the Beauly Firth, at Longman Point, off Inverness 8.1.35. This aircraft crashed on take-off from Longman Airport. Pilot Capt. Coleman, and both passengers killed. (Location of loss cited as 57 33.0N 4 5.0W).
Registration G-ACGK cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.1934 due to "destruction or total withdrawl from use of aircraft"; oddly this was a month BEFORE the aircraft crashed(!)
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACGK.pdf
2. https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/record/hes/291463/de-havilland-dh84-dragon-1-beauly-firth/rcahms
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20140702182155/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1935/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-84-dragon-in-inverness/
5. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576765
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac deHavilland Dragon G-ACGK Matzasfold Hungary 1933
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 13:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2014 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2017 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
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