ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18301
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| Date: | Thursday 24 April 1969 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Auster J/1S Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Herbert Ralph Montefiore |
| Registration: | G-AMVN |
| MSN: | 3102 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fyfield, near Ongar, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stapleford, Essex (EGSG) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed in midair collision with Aircoupe G-AROP over Fyfield, near Ongar, Essex, 24/4/1969; pilots of both aircraft killed. Note that, although some sources give the crash location as "Fyfield, near Ongar, Essex", according to the official AAIB report into the accident, held at the UK National archives at Kew, Surrey, the crash location was given as "WILLINGALE AIRFIELD, WHITLEY GREEN, ONGAR, ESSEX"
Registration G-AMVN cancelled by the CAA same day (24/4/1969) as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMVN-1.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AMVN-2.pdf
2. http://www.northwealdairfieldmuseum.com/upload/IncidentsWestEssexto2000.pdf
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/648 to AVIA 101/653 inclusive (6 files): https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070658 to https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070663
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2980 .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2009 23:19 | VHKDK | Updated |
| 27-Nov-2012 19:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 22:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2020 17:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source] |
| 26-Nov-2020 18:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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