ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19497
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| Date: | Saturday 29 May 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster Plus D |
| Owner/operator: | Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHAF |
| MSN: | 110 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire (EGHO) |
| High Post, Wiltshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Taylorcraft T9120; Prototype of the Taylorcraft Model D (later Auster AOP.1) with a 130 hp (97 kW) Cirrus Major engine. Delivered 19/12/39 to Old Sarum for trials until 1/2/40 when pressed into service with D Flight 651 Squadron.
First civil registered as G-AHAF on 26/1/1946 (C of R 9881/1; C of A 7684) to the Wiltshire School of Flying Ltd, Salisbury, Wiltshire. (From 5/5/47 amended to Thruxton Aerodrome, Andover, Hampshire).
Two related Taylorcrafts got just a little too close to each other at Thruxton Aerodrome on 29/5/48. Wiltshire School of Flying's Plus C2 G-AHAF was taxying to take off when Royal Artillery Aero Club Plus D G-AHUG landed on top of it! G-AHAF came off the worse. The damage to it was too severe to warrant repair and so it was written off the next day (29/5/46) and its registration was cancelled as 'destroyed'.
Whatever was the damage to G-AHUG, it was repairable as it is still registered today. It seems that none of those in either of the two aeroplanes were severely injured in the collision.
Sources:
1. First in the Field: 651 Squadron Army Air Corps by Guy Warner
2. Auster Quarterly Vol.1 No.1 Spring 1975 by Mike Draper: http://austerhg.org/auster_mags/Auster%20Quarterly%20Volume%201%20Number%201.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHAF.pdf
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=9
5. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/auster1.html
6. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/uk/army/types/taylor.htm
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15851.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jan-2010 23:19 | John Baker | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2012 09:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2020 00:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2020 00:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2020 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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