ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17946
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| Date: | Sunday 20 October 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beagle A.61 Terrier Series 1 |
| Owner/operator: | RAF Gliding & Soaring Association |
| Registration: | G-AVCR |
| MSN: | B.603 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Dishforth, 4.5 miles E of Ripon, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire (EGXD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Auster AOP.6A WE572: delivered 09/01/1951, RAF service with 652 Squadron. Transferred to the AAC 09/12/1957, sold 21/11/1966 to the Beagle Aircraft Ltd; to G-AVCR 12/12/1966. Acquired by the Royal Air Force Gliding & Soaring Association (RAFGSA) as a glider tug from 17/11/1971.
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) when crashed at RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire 20/10/1974. Per a contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (December 1974): "Glider tug Beagle A.61 G-AVCR crashed at Dishforth on October 20 and was extensively damaged"
Presumably not repaired, as the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 10/7/1975 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983, p.34)
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AVCR.pdf
3. Yorkshire Air News December 1974: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1974%2011.pdf
4. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
5. http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1972%2003.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2009 12:33 | VHKDK | Updated |
| 14-Jul-2012 14:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2015 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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