Incident Simmonds Spartan G-EBYU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172959
 
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Date:Sunday 10 March 1929
Time:day
Type:Simmonds Spartan
Owner/operator:Simmonds Aircraft Ltd
Registration: G-EBYU
MSN: 1
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Farnham St. Martins, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Hamble, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Simmonds Spartan [Cirrus III]: G-EBYU registered [Cof R 1664] 23.6.28 to Oliver E Simmonds,Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire. First flight 7.28. C of A 1518 issued 18.7.28. Operated [8.28-10.28] by Isle of Purbeck Light Aeroplane Club,Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset. Re-registered [C of R 1809] 7.11.28 to Simmonds Aircraft Ltd, Hamble, Hampshire.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed Farnham St. Martins, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 10.3.29. Registration G-EBYU cancelled 3.29.

Sources:

1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBYU.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmonds_Spartan
3. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
4. http://www.iaopa.eu/mediaServlet/storage/gamag/oct08/p36-38.pdf

Media:

Simmonds Spartan (G-EBYU), Croydon Aerodrome, 1928:

Spartan-0830-1.jpg
"Spartan-0830-1" by Flight - Flight, 6 September 1928. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Jan-2015 16:09 Dr. John Smith Added
20-Jun-2018 23:59 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Departure airport, Embed code]

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