ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 278157
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| Date: | Sunday 30 August 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.65 Gemini 1A |
| Owner/operator: | Whiteley (Rishworth) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKHK |
| MSN: | 6514 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Fréjorgues Airport, Montpellier, Hérault 34 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fréjorgues Airport, Montpelier, France (LFMT) |
| Leeds-Bradford Airport, Yeadon, West Yorkshire (LBA/EGMN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Miles M.65 Gemini 1A MSN 6514: Registered G-AKHK to Miles Aircraft Ltd, Woodley 3.10.47. C of A No. 9785 issued 24.10.47. (First flown 3.10.47.) Re-registered 23.1.48 to Air Schools Ltd, but this entry crossed out and replaced by Loxhams Flying Services, Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire (delivered 9.2.48). To Whiteley (Rishworth) Ltd, based at Speeton/Crosland Moor/Yeadon, Yorkshire 3.9.52.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed due to engine failure on take-off, Montpelier, France 30.8.59. Registration cancelled 24.5.63 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport or Aéroport de Montpellier–Méditerranée (MPL/LFMT), also known as Fréjorgues Airport, is an airport in southern France. It is located 7 km (4 nautical miles) east-southeast of Montpellier in Mauguio, in the Hérault department of the Occitanie region in France. The airport opened in 1946, 8 years after the first flight to the area
Sources:
1. P D Stemp, 2010, The Aviation Archive of Miles Aircraft.
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKHK.pdf
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1994.pdf
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1995.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montpellier%E2%80%93M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2022 07:40 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 15-May-2022 23:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2022 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 23-Sep-2022 17:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2022 18:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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