ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25308
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| Date: | Saturday 29 May 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.5A Courier |
| Owner/operator: | North Eastern Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACSZ |
| MSN: | 19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Doncaster Aerodrome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Doncaster Aerodrome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C or R 5075) as G-ACSZ 17.5.34 to Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth. C of A 4305 issued 30.5.34. Company reformed 20.7.34 as Airspeed (1934) Ltd. Operated by London Scottish & Provincial Airways Ltd. C of A lapsed 29.5.35; renewed 14.8.36. Purchased by Spanish Republican agent, Carlos Kraul and re-registered [C of R 7273] 19.8.36 to Union Founders Trust Ltd. Regstration cancelled as sold abroad 3rd quarter 1936 (between 1.9.36 and 31.12.36) but export blocked. Sold 28.8.36 to Federation Populaire des Sports Aeronautiques [for Republicans] and resold 10.36 via Josef Hermann to Air Taxis Vienna; sale still blocked.
Re-registered as G-ACSZ [C of R 7544] 15.12.36 to Union Founders Trust Ltd, Portsmouth. Re-registered [C of R 7642] 2.2.37 to North Eastern Airways Ltd, Croydon.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29.5.37: Crashed on the final turn prior to the landing phase, on approach to Doncaster Airport, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 29.5.37; pilot, Idwal ap Ieuan Jones, from Talysarn, Wales was killed. In addition, 3 passengers killed, and the other 2 injured. The passengers were:
Henry Betts (aged 10) died 30.5.37 (next day) of injuries sustained
Felix Burns (aged 29) killed
Arthur Joseph Henman (aged 36) killed
Ronald Batty, injured
Eric Reaney, injured
Registration G-ACSZ cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.37 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20prewar.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACSZ.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. http://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as5-courier-doncaster-4-killed
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2012 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2014 22:48 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2017 16:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2017 16:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2017 16:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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