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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Domine |
| Owner/operator: | COTAMA |
| Registration: | LV-AEO |
| MSN: | 6789 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pajas Blancas Airport, 5 miles NW of Cordoba -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Pajas Blancas Airport, Cordoba (COR/SACO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6789: Taken on charge by the RAF as NR690 at ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire 16.9.44. To DeHavilland at Witnet, Oxfordshire for maintenance 22.10.45 [or 22.12.45]; to 18 MU RAF Dumfries 21.6.46 for storage pending disposal. Struck off charge when sold 18.5.48 to DM Hayles.
UK civil registered as G-AKYZ (CofR 12335/1) 18.5.48 to Derek John Hayles, Croydon. Re-registered 24.6.48 to
WA Rollason Ltd, Croydon. C of A 10209 issued 6.9.48. UK registration G-AKYZ cancelled 15.9.48 as ("sold abroad").
Re-registered in Argentina as LV-AEO 30.11.48 to ZONDA [Zonas Oueste y Norte de Aerolineas Argentinas] and operated by COTAMA [Compania Transportes Aereos Mediterranea Argentina Centro], Cordoba.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) at Pajas Blancas Airport, Cordoba, Argentina on 24.1.49. Registration LV-AEO cancelled 6.1.54.
Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Córdoba Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella, IATA: COR, ICAO: SACO), more commonly known as Pajas Blancas, is located 9 kilometres (5 nautical miles) north-northwest of the center of Córdoba, the capital city of the Córdoba Province in Argentina.
NOTE: Accident also quoted as being at General Pacheco Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina 24.11.48. General Pacheco is a city in the Tigre Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sources:
1. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_D.H.89_Dragon_Rapide
2. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/p/aeroposta-flota-historica.html
3. https://loudandclearisnotenought.blogspot.com/2010/06/lv-aeo-de-havilland-dh89a-dominie-cn.html
4. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKYZ.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
7. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/NR690.html
8. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AKYZ.html
9. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/LV-AEO.html
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Pacheco
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeniero_Aeron%C3%A1utico_Ambrosio_L.V._Taravella_International_Airport
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2025 00:50 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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