ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190227
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| Date: | Friday 22 January 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Air Survey Co of India Ltd |
| Registration: | VT-ASC |
| MSN: | 6762 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Somarampet, Machareddy Tehsil, Kamareddy, Telangana -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (BPM/VOHY) |
| Nagpur Airport, Nagpur Maharashtra (NAG/VANP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6762: Taken on charge as NF891 at 76 MU 24.6.44. Shipped to Bombay, India on the s.s "City of Canterbury"; despatched 20.8.44; arrived 26.9.44. Registered as VT-ASC 1.11.44 to Government of India, Bombay (also quoting c/n "BCL 89403" and "8246"). Allocated to be brought back into RAF use in 12.45 to replace returned lend-lease aircraft.
Struck off charge by the RAF as sold 27.3.47 to Director General of Disposals. Registered 22.7.47 to Indian Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta. Name changed in 1948 to Air Survey Co of India Ltd.
Written off (destroyed) when broke up in mid-air and crashed near Somarampet, Machareddy Tehsil, Kamareddy, Telangana, 22.1.60. The twin engine aircraft left Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport on a survey flight to Nagpur. En route, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Somarampet. All three occupants were killed. It is believed the accident was the consequence of an in-flight structural failure.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p067.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89-dragon-rapide-somarampet-3-killed
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_VT-1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2016 15:33 | TB | Added |
| 06-Mar-2019 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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