ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28329
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| Date: | Saturday 17 February 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Government of Bihar |
| Registration: | VT-ARZ |
| MSN: | 6717 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Patna, Bihar -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Patna, Bihar |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/No. 6717: Taken on charge as HG732 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 76 MU 12.4.44. Shipped from Middlesbrough on the s.s "Fort Louisburg" to Bombay, India; despatched 31.5.44; arrived 18.6.44. Soc 25.7.46 as sold to to Tata Sons.
Already Registered as VT-ARZ 14.9.44 to Tata Airlines (also registered with fuselage no "BCL 59868" - probably the Brush Coachworks Loughborough fuselage number). Registered as 22.5.46 to Government of Bihar, Patna.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 17.2.1951 in unknown circumstances somewhere in India (possibly Bihar, Patna)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-india
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html
4. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/86-register-india
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 08:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2012 11:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2016 15:08 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2018 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 16:33 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2019 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2019 00:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2019 19:17 | Ajai | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
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