ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27699
Last updated: 2 June 2020
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| Date: | 22-JAN-1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.84 Dragon |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial Air Hire |
| Registration: | G-ACCR |
| C/n / msn: | 6011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | The Channel, off Lydd, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Le Touquet, Pas De Calais, France (LFAT) |
First registered (C of R 4085) 28.2.33 as G-ACCR to W.A.Rollason, Croydon. C of A 3486 issed 3.33. Re-registered (C or R 5497) 13.12.1934 to Doris Godley, Commercial Air Hire Ltd., Croydon.
Written off (destroyed) 22.1.1936: Just after leaving the English coast, while flying over The Channel, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into The Channel, off Lydd, Kent. All six occupants, five passengers and a pilot, were rescued while the aircraft sunk and was lost. According to one source (see link #6), "the aircraft was carrying £80,000 in gold bullion, when static electricity, caused by a hail storm, forced a landing into shallow water". (£80,000 in 1936 would be equivalent to over £5 million at 2016 prices).
Registration G-ACCR cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.11.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACCR.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p060.html
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A4.htmll
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh84-dragon-lydd
5. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
6. A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s by Richard Riding
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 14:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2017 20:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2017 01:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2019 17:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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