ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19397
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| Date: | Monday 7 October 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AOTJ |
| MSN: | 1760 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langholm, near Dumfries, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Langholm, near Dumfries |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Before taking off from a field, in which he had landed earlier, the pilot inspected the grass surface. He judged it to be suitable for take-off, but failed to notice a depression in the ground. At a late stage in the take-off run, the aircraft became airborne in a semi-stalled condition as it ran into this depression. It then yawed to the left and the port wing struck the windsock post; the aircraft then fell into a river which bounded the field.
Registration G-AOTJ cancelled by the CAA on 11/11/1963 as "destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AOTJ-3.pdf
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p17.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1649
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jul-2009 01:10 | VHKDK | Updated |
| 25-Nov-2012 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2015 17:14 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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