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| Date: | Wednesday 15 January 1958 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Channel Airways |
| Registration: | G-AOCE |
| MSN: | 04044 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dungeness Beach, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rotterdam/Zestienhoven Airport (RTN/EHRD) |
| Southend Airport, Southend, Essex (SEN/EGMC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on approach due to mismanagement of the aircraft's fuel system by the pilot. All seven people on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
1. Diário de Lisboa 17 January 1958, p3
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Channel_Airways_de_Havilland_DH.104_Dove_crash
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2008 19:59 | W.Fischdick | Added |
| 18-Mar-2010 06:24 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2012 07:39 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2012 07:51 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Sep-2012 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2012 13:16 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2017 12:26 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2020 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Feb-2021 09:36 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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