ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162917
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| Date: | Saturday 18 November 1933 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 594 Avian IV |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aeroplane Club |
| Registration: | G-EBQL |
| MSN: | R3/AV/117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barton Aerodrome, Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Woodford, Cheshire (EGCD) |
| Barton Aerodrome, Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, (EGCB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 581B Avian Mk.I (second prototype, with Armstrong-Siddeley Genet engine): Registered G-EBQL [C of R 1351] 2.4.27 to A.V. Roe & Co Ltd. C of A 1101 issued 12.4.27; loaned to the Lancashire Aeroplane Club, Woodford. Delivered 2.9.27 and registered [C of R 1487] 20.9.27 to Mrs Sophie C Elliott-Lynn, Stag Lane [she became Lady Mary Heath on 11.10.27]. Returned to Avros 4.10.27 and refurbished. Delivered 31.10.27 and registered [C of R 1528] 25.11.27 to Light Planes [Lancashire] Ltd, t/a Lancashire Aeroplane Club, Woodford [as a replacement for DH.60 G-EBLV]. Rebuilt as Avian IV in 1930.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed on landing at Barton, Lancashire 18.11.33. PIlot - Charles Needham - survived but was injured. Registration G-EBQL cancelled 9.12.33 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EBQL.pdf
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA5/15/C258: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576726
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/avian.pdf
4. http://ladyicarus.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/lady-heaths-planes.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
6. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/page-great-bitain-registers-g-eb
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-594-avian-iv-barton
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1934.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Airport_%26_Manchester_Heliport#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Dec-2013 21:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Nov-2022 18:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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