ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32080
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| Date: | Monday 15 October 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | East African Airways |
| Registration: | VP-KEB |
| MSN: | 6891 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kasese, north of Lake George, Western Region -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kasese, Uganda (KSE/HUKS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6891: Taken on charge as NR815 at De Havilland Witney 31.5.45, and converted from RAF interior into standard civil Dragon Rapide layout. CofA 7224 issued 6.9.45. Sold 7.9.45 to KLM. Registered PH-RAB [CofR 370] 19.9.45 to Ministerie van Verkeer en Energie/RLD (Ministry of Transport & Energy); operated by KLM until 1.11.46. To emphasise their official function, the title ‘Regeringsvliegdienst’ (Government Flight Service) was painted on both sides of the fuselage
Re-registered VP-KEB 21.5.47 to East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi, Kenya. UK CofA renewed 30.7.47.
Written off when swung off runway on landing, crashed into bank, and overturned at Kasese, north of Lake George in the Western Region of Uganda 15.10.51. All eight occupants (pilot and seven passengers) escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vp-kaa_&_sy-aaa.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-kasese
4. https://eastafricanairways.com/aircraft/de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide/
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p068.html
6. https://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cfm?event=search.getdetail&id=120026207
7. http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
8. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/TWEEDE.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasese_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 04:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2019 01:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2022 06:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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