ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25306
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| Date: | Wednesday 25 October 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJLH |
| MSN: | 5126 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire |
| Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, County Durham | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5126 ex-RAF Oxford NJ376. First civil registered (Certificate of Registry 11397) issued 22.4.47 to Airspeed Ltd as G-AJLH. Cancelled 20.6.47 and re-registered 27.6.47 to Arthur Charles Leatham Barrett, t/a Northern Air Charter, West Hartlepool, County Durham [although the aircraft was based at Woolsington Airport, Newcastle-upon-Tyne]. Certificate of Airworthiness 9289 issued 17.6.47.
Cancelled 27.8.47 and re-registered 3.2.48 to Astral Aviation Ltd, Woolsington Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Re-registered 14.5.49 to Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Squires Gate; later based at Bovingdon, Hertfordshire. Certificate of Registry Number changed to R2253 during 1950.
Damaged beyond economic repair when undercarriage collapsed on landing at Seaton Carew, West Hartlepool, County Durham 25.10.50. Registration cancelled 7.5.51 as "reduced to spares"
Sources:
1. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain)
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJLH.pdf
4. https://picclick.co.uk/Airspeed-Consul-G-AJLH-at-Newcastle-black-white-311757882183.html#&gid=1&pid=1
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-seaton-carew-afb
6. http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Lancashire%20Aircraft%20Corp..html
7. The Red Rose At Yeadon: http://s617306976.websitehome.co.uk/AYASMagazines/Air.Yorkshire.April.1991.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2011 12:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2017 22:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2021 00:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
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