ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222794
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Date: | Tuesday 3 January 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
Owner/operator: | Iranian Oil Exploration & Production Co |
Registration: | EP-ADO |
MSN: | 6618 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Masjid-I-Sulaiman, Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province -
Iran
|
Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Masjid-I-Sulaiman,Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province, Iran |
Destination airport: | Abadan, Khuzestan Province, Iran |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:C/no. 6618: Taken on charge as X7501 against Contract No B.104592/40 at 4 Radio School RAF Madley 17.3.42; renamed 4 Signal School 1.1.43. To 18 MU RAF Dumfries 12.7.45. To De Havilland Witney for maintenance 4.10.45; returned to 18 MU RAF 23.5.46 for storage pending disposal.
Sold 9.12.47 to Air Enterprises Ltd, Gatwick. Registered as G-AKOA (C of R 12088) 11.12.47 to Air Enterprises Ltd, Croydon. C of A 10024 issued 18.3.48. Cancelled 27.11.48 & re-registered 22.1.49 to Patrick Motors Ltd, Elmdon, Birmingham. New C of R No R1904 issued in 1950. Cancelled 30.11.50 & re-registered 8.12.50 to Maldwyn Lewis Thomas; operated by Jersey Airlines, Jersey, Channel Islands. Converted to Mk.4 & test flown as such 11.2.55. Cancelled 21.2.55 & re-registered 25.2.55 to Airwork Ltd, London W1; operated in Abadan, Iran.
Registration G-AKOA cancelled 15.6.55 as "sold in Persia". Re-registered as EP-ADO 1.7.55 to Iranian Oil Exploration & Production Co [Iraanse Aardolie Exploratie en Productie Maatschappij NV].
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when nosed over while taxiing at Masjid-I-Sulaiman, Masjed Soleyman County, Khuzestan Province, Iran 3.1.56; Registration cancelled in 1958
Sources:
1.
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/dh89.pdf 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKOA.pdf 3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p066.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjed_Soleyman Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Mar-2019 21:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
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