ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166583
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| Date: | Saturday 19 September 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bensen B.7M |
| Owner/operator: | John Howell (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-APSY |
| MSN: | 2/JH/001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Biggin Hill Airport, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) |
| Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Home-built at Queens Gate, London W1 in 1958-59. First Bensen B.7M on the UK register, when it became G-APSY on 25.2.59. Registered to John Howell, London SW7, and operated at Biggin Hill, Kent, during 1959.
However, it was short lived. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19.9.59 when suffered a heavy landing at Biggin Hill. Registration G-APSY belatedly cancelled 13.4.73 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use").
Sources:
1. The British Civil Aircraft Regsiter G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978)
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APSY.pdf
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1062977/
3. http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/g-1.php
4. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/101181/G-APSY
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16745.0
6. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Bensen-B-7M/2127670/L
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2014 18:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 22-Feb-2020 01:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2022 17:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Category] |
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