ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18760
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 18-SEP-1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Operator: | Transports Aeriens du Gabon |
| Registration: | F-OAVZ |
| C/n / msn: | 6790 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sanaga River, 20 miles from Douala -
 Gabon
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kribi, Gabon |
| Douala, Gabon |
c/no.6453: CofA 6760 issued 29.8.39. Registered CR-LAT 10.5.40 to Divisao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos dos Servicos (DTA), Luanda, Angola. Registration cancelled as sold to France; inspected at Libreville, Gabon 15.7.56.
Re-registered F-OAVZ 17.7.56 to Transports Aeriens du Gabon, Libreville.
Crashed into Sanaga River after hitting tree en route Kribi-Douala, 20 miles (35km) from Douala 18.9.56; pilot killed [wreckage not found until 26.10.57]
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.goldenyears.ukf.net/reg_CR-L.htm
http://www.dehavilland.ukf.net/_DH%20full%20prodn%20list.txt
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 22:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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