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| Date: | Friday 17 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Liniile Aerienne Romane Explotate de Statul (LARES) |
| Registration: | YR-DNC |
| MSN: | 6338 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bucharest-Băneasa Airport, Bucharest -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Băneasa Airport, Bucharest, Romania (BBU/LRBS) |
c/no. 6338: C of A 5630 issued 25.8.36 to Direction de l'Aviation Civile. (Gipsy Six engines #6582/6583). Registered as YR-DNC (C of R 118) for personal use of Nicolae Caranfil, Under Secretary of State for Air. Re-registered 27.7.38 to Liniile Aerienne Romane Explotate de Statul [LARES]. To Popesti-Leordeni [by 8.40].
Written off (destroyed) 17.7.42: The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Bucharest-Băneasa Airport, Bucharest, Romania (BBU/LRBS). All four occupants were rescued.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.europeanairlines.no/fleet-list-of-liniile-aeriene-romane-exploatate-de-statul/
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-bucharest
4. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/LARES.html
5. https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/LARES#Dezvoltarea
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest_B%C4%83neasa_Aurel_Vlaicu_International_Airport
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 05:59 | TB | Added |
| 23-Jan-2010 10:49 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 23-Dec-2011 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2019 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2019 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Feb-2019 17:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2023 13:27 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2025 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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