ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32080
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| Date: | 15-OCT-1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.89a Dragon Rapide |
| Operator: | East African Airways Corp |
| Registration: | VP-KEB |
| C/n / msn: | 6891 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kasese -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kasese, Uganda |
c/no.6891: Taken on charge as NR815 at De Havilland Witney 31.5.45, and converted from RAF interior into standard civil Dragon Rapide layout. CofA 7224 issued 6.9.45. Sold 7.9.45 to KLM. Registered PH-RAB [CofR 370] 19.9.45 to Ministerie van Verkeer en Energie/RLD (Ministry of Transport & Energy); operated by KLM until 1.11.46. To emphasise their official function, the title ‘Regeringsvliegdienst’ (Government Flight Service) was painted on both sides of the fuselage
Re-registered VP-KEB 21.5.47 to East African Airways Corporation, Nairobi, Kenya. UK CofA renewed 30.7.47.
Written off when swung off runway on landing, crashed into bank, and overturned at Kasese, Uganda 15.10.51.
Sources:
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh89.pdf
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/De_Havilland_DH-89_Dragon_Rapide
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jan-2012 04:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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