Date:	Friday 26 March 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	Gordon C. Wright t/a Wright Aviation Ltd
Registration:	G-AIKB
MSN:	1408
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hooton Park, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Ex RAF Auster AOP.V TJ341. Military service with 664 Squadron and 84 Group Communications Squadron. Struck off charge when sold 11.7.46. To G-AIKB (C of R 10747/1; C of A 8722) on 13.11.1946 with Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Leicestershire. Registration G-AIKB cancelled 17.1.47/

Re-registered (C of R 10747/2) on 11.2.47 to Wright Aviation. which was established in 1946, initially at Hooton Park, and shared its aircraft with the Wirral Aero & Gliding Club.

Squadron Leader. Gordon C. Wright, being not only founder and director of Wright Aviation, but also Chairman and CFI of Wirral Aeroplane & Gliding Club. Gordon Wright was a busy man as he was at the time also Chief Pilot for Liverpool airline, Skytravel in 1946-1947. A fleet of 5 Auster aircraft were soon built up during the first year of operation at Hooton Park, although one (G-AIKB) was subsequently lost during 1948.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd, on 26.3.1948. Registration G-AIKB formally cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry, on 12.5.1948 as "crashed 26.3.48."

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIKB.pdf
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1289
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2185: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576339
4. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Hooton-Park
5. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999. Compiled by Michael Austen.Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1999.ISBN 0 85130 281 5
6. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=history&action=print&thread=6920
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruabon

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
23-Jan-2010 00:29	John Baker	Updated [Location, Source]
03-Dec-2012 06:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
12-Dec-2019 19:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]