ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18304
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| Date: | Saturday 21 November 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1U Workmaster |
| Owner/operator: | Crop Culture (Overseas) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APSP |
| MSN: | 3498 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ebolowa Airport, 4 miles SE of Ebolowa, Sud, Cameroon -
 Cameroon
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Ebolowa, Cameroon (EBW/FKKW) |
| Ebolowa, Cameroon (EBW/FKKW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Built to a French order as F-OBHQ, but order cancelled, and completed as Auster J/1U Workmaster, first registered as G-APSP 22.4.59 to Crop Culture (Aerial) Ltd, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Registration cancelled 25.6.59 as "sold to Jamaica", but the sale did not go ahead, and instead restored as G-APSP to Crop Culture (Overseas) Ltd, Bembridge 10.7.59. Spent all of its subsequent career (1959-64) on crop spraying contracts in sub-saharan Africa, especially in the Sudan.
Overturned on landing at Ebolowa Airport, 4 miles south east of Ebolowa, Sud, Cameroon, 21.11.64 and written off. Registration G-APSP belatedly cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority on 17.12.1968 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=3389
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-APSP.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebolowa_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Nov-2010 02:36 | VHKDK | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 13:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 17:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2014 20:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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