ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29050
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 October 1949 |
| Time: | dusk |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Weston Air Service |
| Registration: | EI-AEA |
| MSN: | 6433 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Highfield Farm, near Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Weston Aerodrome, Dublin, Eire (EIWT) |
| RAF Driffield, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no.6433: Registered G-AFMG [C of R 8904] 9.12.38 to Airwork Ltd, Heston. C of A 6461 issued 1.2.39. Operated by School of Air Navigation, Shoreham; later 7 CANS Perth; renamed 7 AONS 30.11.39. To 6 AONS Staverton 23.5.40. Registration cancelled 15.7.40 by Secretary of State.
Impressed into RAF as Z7259 15.7.40 and retained by 6 AONS. Sometime coded “6”. To DH Witney for major inspection 27.6.42. To 18 MU Dumfries 4.9.42. To ATA White Waltham 21.2.43.To DH Witney for major inspection 1.8.44. To 5 MU Kemble 2.12.44 for storage and disposal
Sold 6.12.46 to Portsmouth Aviation Ltd. Registration G-AFMG restored 11.12.46 to Portsmouth Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. C of A renewed 10.1.47. Registration cancelled 21.5.48 as sold abroad.
Registered in Ireland as EI-AEA 26.7.48 to Weston Ltd; operated by Weston Air Service, Weston.
Crashed on landing 4.10.49 at dusk and without customs clearance at Highfield Farm, near Hutton Cranswick, Driffield, North Yorkshire. Wreck taken to Manchester 10.11.49. Later sold to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon for spares (and possibly to Israel)
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFMG.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-hutton-cranswick
6. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Weston-Ltd/De-Havilland-DH-89A/1733295?sid=85ed607873dbfc51e2b1b1729424aead
7. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2584: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576738
Media:
De Havilland Dragon Rapide EI-AEA of Weston Ltd, Weston Aiport, Dublin, at Liverpool (Speke) Airport in 1949
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 16:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 15:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Mar-2019 21:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 10-Dec-2019 18:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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