ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25976
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| Date: | Monday 9 February 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Jokai (Assam) Tea Co |
| Registration: | VT-ARY |
| MSN: | 6681 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Airport, Mohanbari, Assam -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Airbase, Assam, India (DIB/VEMN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
C/no. 6681 Taken on charge as HG696 against Contract No.6/Acft/2580/C20a at 76 MU 10.1.44. Shipped to Bombay, India on the s.s "Custodian" 28.3.44; arr 11.5.44. (Possibly delivered direct to Indian National Airways as VT-ARY 1.7.44?) Allocated 18.1.46 for sale to Indian National Airways Ltd. Sold 25.7.46 to Indian National Airways Ltd.
Registered as VT-ARY 12.9.46 to Indian National Airways, New Delhi (also quoting c/n "BCL 89332" - probably the fuselage number). Registered 5.6.47 to Indian Air Survey & Transport Co Ltd, Dum Dum, Calcutta. Name changed 1948 to Air Survey Co of India Ltd. Re-registered 7.3.53 to Jokai (Assam) Tea Co Ltd, Mohanbari.
Written off when hit ground in shallow dive and destroyed by fire near Mohanbari, Assam, India 9.2.59 while approaching Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Airbase; both on board (pilot and one passenger) killed. Registration VT-ARY cancelled 7.4.59 as destroyed.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh89a-dragon-rapide-dibrugarh-2-killed
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html
4. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Indian%20Airlines.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 12:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 17:03 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Feb-2019 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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