ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28855
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| Date: | Sunday 21 September 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | The Uganda Company Ltd |
| Registration: | VP-UAW |
| MSN: | 6631 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kisauni Airport, Zanzibar -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Zanzibar Kisauni Airport (ZNZ/HTZA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6631: Taken on charge as X7514 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 9 MU 11.6.42. To 1 Signal Squadron Cranwell 19.6.42. To De Havilland for maintenance 18.7.44; to 18 MU 29.10.44. To Technical Training Command Communications Flight, White Waltham 2.6.45; to Wyton 29.10.45; coded “TWY-C”. To 18 MU 20.6.46.
Sold 19.2.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd. Registered G-AJFL (CofR 11251) 29.1.47 to Field Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon. Registration cancelled 28.3.47 as "sold abroad (VP-UAW)". UK CofA 8980 issued 30.4.47. Registered VP-UAW 10.4.47 to The Uganda Co Ltd.
Damaged by fire on start-up: fire in starboard engine whilst standing at Kisauni Airport, Zanzibar, Unguja North Region, Tanganykia (now Tanzania) 21.9.47; believed not repaired and scrapped on site.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJFL.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/ground-fire-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-zanzibar
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_International_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 10:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2019 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2021 21:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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