ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202550
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 October 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Robinson Redwing Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Redwing Aircraft Co. Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ABLA |
| MSN: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Duxford Aerodrome, Duxford, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Duxford, Cambridgeshire (EGSU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Third of the 12 Robinson Redwings built: first registered (C of R 3112) on 2.4.31 as G-ABLA to Robinson Aircraft Co Ltd., Croydon Airport, Crodyon, Surrey. Retained as sales and demonstration aircraft. C of A 3007 issued May 1931
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a landing accident at Duxford Aerodrome, Duxford, Cambridgeshire: One of the principal problems encountered in club use was a tendency for the main undercarriage leg to break at the junction with the upper longeron. Spares became scarce, cannibalism broke out (to keep surviving examples flying) and the last club machine crashed in the autumn of 1935.
Registration G-ABLA cancelled by the Air Ministry 12.32 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABLA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A3.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Redwing#Operational_history
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2017 15:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-May-2020 09:13 | Sergey L. | Updated [Date] |
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