ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202279
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 April 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 616 Avian IVM |
| Owner/operator: | J.R. Ford |
| Registration: | G-AAYV |
| MSN: | 459 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Broxbourne Aerodrome, Nazeing, Essex |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 625 Avian Monoplane (one of only two built - the other was G-AAYW): Registered G-AAYV [C of R 2586] 19.5.30 to A.V. Roe & Co Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester (aircraft based at Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire). C of A 2605 issued 27.6.30. Substantially damaged when Crashed near East Cowton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire 5.7.30.
Repaired/rebuilt, and converted to Avro 616 Avian IVM in 1931 during rebuild. Re-registered [C of R 5423] 2.11.34 to Samuel H. Beech, Hanley, Staffordshire (aircraft based at Meir Aerodrome, Stoke-on-Tent, Staffordshire). Re-registered [C of R 6340] 26.9.35 to J.S. Taylor. Re-registered [C of R 7349] 16.9.36 to London Transport [Central Omnibuses] Association Flying Club Ltd. Re-registered [C of R 8478] 2.5.38 to J.R. Ford, Broxbourne, Nazeing, Essex
The demise of G-AAYV is a mystery; it is presumed to have crashed on take off at its home base at Broxbourne in or about March or April 1939. As a result, the C of A lapsed 18.4.39. Registration G-AAYV cancelled 4.11.45 due to post war census by the Air Ministry into the continuing existence (or not) of all surviving pre war civil aircraft
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/avian.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAYV.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 14:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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