ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18723
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Date: | Saturday 16 May 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | British Airways |
Registration: | G-ADBX |
MSN: | 6289 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ronaldsway, Isle of Man -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Squires Gate, Blackpool (BLK/EGNH) |
Destination airport: | Ronaldsway, Isle of Man [IOM/EGNS] |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:c/no.6289: Registered G-ADBX [C of R 5573] 30.4.35 to United Airways Ltd, Stanley Park. C of A 4797 issued 4.7.35. Merged into British Airways Ltd 1.10.35 and re-registered to them [C of R 6789] 2.3.36.
Crashed on landing at Newtownards 3.3.36; repaired and returned to service. Crashed on landing at Ronaldsway, Isle of Man 16.5.36. On landing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and collided with a hangar. All eight occupants (pilot and even passengers) were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The exact cause of the loss of control on touch down is unknown.
Registration G-ADBX cancelled 2.5.36 as PWFU ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ADBX.pdf 2.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html 4.
http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad 5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-douglas 6.
http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/British%20Airways-1935.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Oct-2009 01:35 |
JINX |
Updated |
13-Dec-2011 02:03 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Jan-2017 17:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
24-Oct-2017 23:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
18-Feb-2019 15:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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