ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18285
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 May 1978 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Auster J/1N Alpha |
| Owner/operator: | Richmond Sean Maxwell Fendt |
| Registration: | G-AGTP |
| MSN: | 1823 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Enstone Airfield, Banbury Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Enstone Airfield, Enstone, Oxfordshire (EGTN) |
| Enstone Airfield, Enstone, Oxfordshire (EGTN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Probably the only Auster ever fitted with an Instrument Landing System (ILS). First registered (C of R 9720/1; C of A 7290) 2.10.45 as G-AGTP to Cecil Kay Aircraft (1945) Ltd., Braunstone, Leicestershire. Sold on and re-registered 11 times between 2.10.45 and 16.3.78.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Enstone, Oxfordshire on 31.5.78. Registration G-AGTP cancelled by the CAA as "aircraft destroyed" on 16.6.78.
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-2.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-3.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-4.pdf
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AGTP?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=desc [various photos of G-AGTP 1955-1971]
6. https://www.fs2000.org/2017/12/26/fsx-auster-alpha-g-agtp/
7. https://pics.imcdb.org/10314/planee.28.jpg [still photo from the 1963 film 'Wings of Mystery' in which G-AGTP appears]
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enstone_Airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Dec-2012 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
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