De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide crashes

151 crashes involving the De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide since 1934, with 138 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 151
• Fatal crashes: 43
• Fatalities: 138
• First recorded: October 2, 1934
• Most recent: August 11, 2018

Deadliest

1. July 16, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (8 fatalities)
2. November 12, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
3. September 27, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Milngavie Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
4. February 6, 1945: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Alexandria Alexandria, Egypt (7 fatalities)
5. July 20, 1944: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Tanunda South Australia, Australia (7 fatalities)

Countries

• United Kingdom (63)
• Australia (14)
• India (6)
• Canada (4)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (4)
• Iran (4)
• New Zealand (4)
• Uganda (4)
• Spain (3)
• Türkiye (3)
• Belgium (2)
• Denmark (2)

Years

• 1954 (10)
• 1949 (9)
• 1936 (8)
• 1946 (8)
• 1951 (8)
• 1960 (8)
• 1941 (7)
• 1947 (7)
• 1940 (6)
• 1942 (6)
• 1948 (6)
• 1952 (6)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• August 11, 2018: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
• June 30, 1991: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Audley End, Essex, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• February 5, 1989: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Oxford-Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 5, 1989: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Oxford-Kidlington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 18, 1968: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Antananarivo Antananarivo Province, Madagascar (0 fatalities)
• May 7, 1967: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Halfpenny Green Staffordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 15, 1967: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Queenstown Otago Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• October 25, 1965: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Brisbane-Archerfield Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
• June 15, 1965: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mt Soho Otago Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• April 22, 1964: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Milford Sound Southland Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 1963: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Edale Derbyshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1963: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Ladysmith KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (0 fatalities)
• July 20, 1963: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Saint Mary's, Isles of Scilly Surrey, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1962: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mweka Kasai-Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1962: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Entebbe Central, Uganda (1 fatality)
• December 12, 1961: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Land's End Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• August 30, 1961: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Libreville Estuaire (Libreville), Gabon (0 fatalities)
• May 1, 1961: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Lympne Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 31, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Atlantic Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
• December 21, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia (0 fatalities)
• October 6, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Gbadolite Nord-Ubangi, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• August 24, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Bordj Omar Driss Illizi, Algeria (0 fatalities)
• July 16, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Copenhagen-Kastrup Hovedstaden, Denmark (8 fatalities)
• June 20, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kinshasa-Ndolo Kinshasa City Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• February 26, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal (0 fatalities)
• January 22, 1960: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Somarampet Telangana, India (3 fatalities)
• July 7, 1959: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Saint Albans Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
• May 21, 1959: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Land's End Cornwall, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 9, 1959: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Dibrugarh-Mohanbari Assam, India (2 fatalities)
• June 29, 1957: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Ramsgate Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 27, 1957: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Benghazi Benghazi, Libya (0 fatalities)
• May 2, 1957: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Adana Mediterranean Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Birmingham West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• September 18, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mouangko Littoral, Cameroon (1 fatality)
• September 14, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Eccleshall Staffordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 22, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Gerdes El Abid Marj, Libya (0 fatalities)
• July 8, 1956: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kikwit Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo (0 fatalities)
• November 6, 1955: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Manyas Marmara Region, Türkiye (0 fatalities)
• June 24, 1955: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mokhotlong, Lesotho (0 fatalities)
• August 20, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Seno Savannakhét Province, Laos (0 fatalities)
• August 2, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Frankfurt-Main Hesse, Germany (0 fatalities)
• July 30, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, H3 Oil Station Al-Anbar, Iraq (0 fatalities)
• July 2, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Lod Central District, Israel (0 fatalities)
• June 15, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Jodhpur Rajasthan, India (2 fatalities)
• April 26, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Bahrain (0 fatalities)
• April 26, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Labasa, Fiji Islands (0 fatalities)
• March 3, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Lynge Nordjylland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• February 19, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Simonburn Northumberland, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 24, 1954: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Butiaba Western, Uganda (0 fatalities)
• October 26, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Hinchinbrook Island Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
• September 15, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Glendun Mountains Antrim, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• July 5, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Pentreuchaf Gwynedd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 1, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Amman Amman City District, Jordan (0 fatalities)
• February 24, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Koksijde West Flanders, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• February 13, 1953: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Siem Reap Siem Reap, Cambodia (0 fatalities)
• November 3, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City, Argentina (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Croydon Surrey, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• August 21, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Brussels Flemish Brabant, Belgium (0 fatalities)
• August 1, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, London-Heathrow London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 23, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Tooraweenah New South Wales, Australia (0 fatalities)
• April 19, 1952: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Port Ellen Argyll, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 6, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Barra Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 27, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Cairns Queensland, Australia (1 fatality)
• October 15, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kasese Western, Uganda (0 fatalities)
• September 29, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Turkey Creek (Warmum) Western Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
• July 10, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Abadan Khuzestan, Iran (2 fatalities)
• July 10, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Laxey Isle of Man, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• March 5, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Rhodes-Maritsa South Aegean, Greece (0 fatalities)
• February 17, 1951: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, India (0 fatalities)
• June 30, 1950: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Lympne Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• May 12, 1950: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Kilindoni (Mafia Island) Pwani Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
• January 14, 1950: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Rotorua Bay of Plenty Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• November 29, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Masindi Western, Uganda (0 fatalities)
• October 21, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Coolibah Northern Territory, Australia (1 fatality)
• October 4, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Hutton Cranswick East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 30, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Brough East Yorkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• July 23, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Prestwick Ayrshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• July 16, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Aghajari East Azerbaijan, Iran (0 fatalities)
• June 16, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Cowes Isle of Wight, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• January 18, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Chipping Sodbury Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• January 15, 1949: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, North Ronaldsay Orkney, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• December 27, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Glasgow Strathclyde, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• November 12, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Liverpool-John Lennon (ex Speke) Merseyside, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
• June 25, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Syria (0 fatalities)
• June 10, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Peel Isle of Man, United Kingdom (6 fatalities)
• May 31, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Boscombe Down AFB Wiltshire, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
• May 6, 1948: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Daly Waters Northern Territory, Australia (0 fatalities)
• December 13, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Zambezi North-Western, Zambia (0 fatalities)
• September 21, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Zanzibar Unguja North Region, Tanzania (0 fatalities)
• September 18, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Tunis Tunis Governorate, Tunisia (0 fatalities)
• August 6, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Barra Hebrides Islands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• April 29, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Abadan Khuzestan, Iran (0 fatalities)
• April 15, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Greeba Isle of Man, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
• February 4, 1947: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Triângulo (Ponte Nova) Minas Gerais, Brazil (4 fatalities)
• December 23, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mont-Joli Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
• December 15, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Abadan Khuzestan, Iran (3 fatalities)
• September 27, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Milngavie Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
• August 30, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Mt Broad Crag Cumbria, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
• June 28, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Garsen Coast, Kenya (0 fatalities)
• April 8, 1946: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Pratapgarh Uttar Pradesh, India (2 fatalities)