De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide

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G-AGJF

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Takeoff (climb)

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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6499

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1943

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Crashed shortly after takeoff from Barra Airport, Barra Island. The aircraft was written off and all seven occupants were rescued.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide in Abadan

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1947

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G-AHTS

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Executive/Corporate/Business

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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6962

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1946

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Crashed on landing for unknown reasons. All three occupants were rescued and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide near Greeba

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1947

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G-AHKR

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Mountains

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Liverpool – Douglas

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6824

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1946

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On approach to Douglas, the crew encountered poor visibility with mist. The captain decided to divert to RAF Jurby when the aircraft hit a hill, overturned and came to rest upside down. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all seven occupants were injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide in Triângulo: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1947 at 1100 LT

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PP-OMB

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Araguari – Rio de Janeiro

MSN:

6927

YOM:

1945

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Triângulo (Ponte Nova)

Minas Gerais

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Brazil

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South America

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The twin engine aircraft left Araguari in the morning on a flight to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont. Enroute, an engine failed, forcing the pilot to divert to Triângulo (Ponte Nova) for an emergency landing. But the aircraft went out of control and crashed in flames on a building. Nobody on the ground was injured but the pilot (Technical Director of the company) and two passengers were killed while six other occupants were seriously injured.
Crew:
Djalma Pompeu de Camargos Rangel, pilot. †
Passengers:
Azarias Vieira Machado, †
Francisco Luiz da Costa, †
Iná Ferreira, †
Dr. Helvécio Rosemburg,
Neusa Rosemburg,
Dr. Jonas Aybe,
Alcântara Vieira Cardoso,
Arlindo Ferreira.
Source & photo:
http://gazetadotriangulo.com.br/tmp/noticias/ha-67-anos-aviao-caiu-em-araguari-deixando-vitimas-fatais/

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide off Mont-Joli

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1946

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CF-BBC

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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6307

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1935

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Enroute, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing following a double engine failure. The aircraft crash landed on the icy Saint Lawrence River off Mont-Joli, Quebec. While all seven occupants were later rescued, the aircraft broke through the ice, sank and was lost.

Probable cause:

Double engine failure caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide near Abadan: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 15, 1946

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G-AGLN

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Executive/Corporate/Business

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Plain, Valley

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Masjed Soleyman – Abadan

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6795

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1944

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While descending to Abadan Airport, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 20 miles northeast of Abadan, killing all three occupants.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide in Milngavie: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1946 at 1340 LT

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G-AFFF

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Mountains

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Port Ellen – Glasgow

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6386

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1938

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The descent to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport was started in poor weather conditions with a visibility of 3 km in drizzle. The crew passed over the airport at 1320LT without seeing the airfield and continued to the northwest. Three minutes later, the contact between the crew and local ATC was interrupted by a distress call from another DH.89 of Railway Air Services registered G-ADAJ. His copilot sent a mayday message and obtained the priority to land as he was short of fuel. As G-AFFF failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted and its wreckage was found on the slope of Mt Craighton, near Milngavie, north of Glasgow. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 7 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fredrick Stephens, pilot,
Alexander M. Calvert, navigator.
Passengers:
Alexander Jamieson,
James Crombie,
John McKay,
George Beattie,
Derek Miles.

Probable cause:

The crew probably lost his orientation on approach to Renfrew Airfield and continued to the northwest without making any visual contact with the airport. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor with low visibility. However, it was determined that the distress call from the copilot of the second aircraft was unfounded as there was sufficient fuel in the tanks for at least one hour flight. The captain of G-ADAJ asked his copilot to cancel the distress call but he failed to do so and obtained the priority to land. In the meantime, as the radio contact was lost with the first aircraft, it is believed that his crew misinterpreted some instructions transmitted from ATC to the second aircraft and continued to the north without knowing his real position.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dominie I on Mt Broad Crag: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1946

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X7394

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Ambulance

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Mountains

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Abbotsinch – Stretton – Rochester

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6554

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1941

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This air-ambulance Dominie, a military variant of the civilian Dragon Rapide, was being used on Saturday, 30th August 1946 to transport a seriously ill patient from Abbottsinch, Glasgow to Rochester, Kent for treatment. The aircraft was due to land at RNAS Stretton near Warrington, probably to re-fuel but flew into bad weather on the first half of the flight. While flying at around 2,500 feet the aircraft flew into high ground on Broad Crag, part of the Scafell range and all on board were killed in the crash. The wreckage was located the following morning by an Anson crew searching for the aircraft, the RAF Mountain Rescue team searching for the site reported the weather to be severe when they carried out their search with the bodies being located and recovered by Sunday evening.
Crew:
Lt Sidney Kenneth Kilsby, pilot,
P/O Harold John Clark.
Passengers:
Cdr William Tudor Gwynne-Jones,
Leslie Howard Watkinson, attendant,
Charles Robert Allwright, patient.
Source:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/x7394.html

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide in Garsen

Date & Time: Jun 28, 1946

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