ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28577
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| Date: | Thursday 6 October 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Air Brousse SprL |
| Registration: | 9Q-CJT |
| MSN: | 6925 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Molegbe, 7 km west of Gbadolite, Nord-Ubangi -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Leopoldville, Belgian Congo |
| Gbadolite, Nord-Ubangi, Belgian Congo (BDT/FZFD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6925: Taken on charge by the RAF as RL943 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C2a at De Havilland Witney 30.10.45. C of A 7513 issued 20.2.46 (to De Havilland Aircraft of South Africa). Sold 17.3.46 to Southern Rhodesia. Registered VP-YDE 4.4.46 to Southern Rhodesia Air Services Ltd. Re-registered 30.6.46 to Central African Airways. Registration cancelled 3.8.49 to South Africa.
Registered ZS-BZV 15.8.49 to Commercial Air Services Ltd, t/a Comair, Johannesburg. Re-registered in 1951 to Drakensberg Air Services (Pty) Ltd, Ladysmith. Badly damaged in tornado at Ladysmith 10.1.55; repaired and returned to service.
Registration cancelled 26.10.56 as sold in Belgian Congo. Re-registered OO-CJT [CofR 1110/C268] 27.10.56 to Air Brousse SPRL, Leopoldville. Re-registered 9Q-CJT in 1961; probably not taken up, and probably remained OO-CJT until the day it crashed.
Written off 6.10.60: On approach to Gbadolite Airport, fuel exhaustion forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. The twin engine aircraft crash landed in Molegbe, about 7 km west of the airport and came to rest. All six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration cancelled 30.11.60
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
3. http://www.dehavilland.co.za/DH89_Dragon_Rapide.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p069.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-molegbe
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gbadolite_Airport
7. FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BOLD: AN AFRICAN AVIATION ODYSSEY p365 By Capt Donald L. Van Dyke, FRAeS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 10:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2011 10:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 00:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2019 00:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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