ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25854
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 January 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Wilson Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KBP |
| MSN: | 7107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Iringa Airport, Iringa, Tanganyika -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Iringa Ariport, Iringa, Tanganyika (IRI/HTIR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 7107: To Wilson Airways, Kenya with C of A 4973 issued 25.7.35. Registered as VP-KBP 5.8.35 to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25.1.39: crashed into a hedge on take off from Iringa Airport, Iringa, Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Of the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) one passenger was seriously injured.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh85-leopard-moth-iringa
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iringa_Airport
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p071.html
5. Encyclopedia of African Airlines By Ben R. Guttery (page 104)
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/93-register-other
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2009.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iringa_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2013 23:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2013 23:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2017 22:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2022 05:20 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Oct-2022 15:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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