ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28372
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| Date: | Sunday 17 February 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Transair Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ALFD |
| MSN: | EG689 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
| Brussels-Zaventem Airport (EBBR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Anson Mk.I EG689. RAF Service with 7 FTS and 1 FU (S) RAF. Struck off charge 11/10/48 and sold (via Ministry of Supply) to W.A Rollason Ltd., London SW1 (aircraft based at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey). C of R 12488/1 issued 20/10/48 as G-ALFD. Air Ministry registration documentation used the former RAF serial EG689 as the c/no. in lieu of any official Avro c/no, Registration cancelled 14/10/50.
Re-registered (C of R R2699/2) on 31/10/50 to Transair Ltd., London EC.2 (aircraft remained based at Croydon Airport, Surrey). Registration cancelled 15/05/51.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R R2699/3) on 16/05/51 to Dennis Aviation Ltd., London SW.1 (although the aircraft remained based at Croydon Airport). Registration cancelled 13/08/51 upon sale.
Sold on and re-registered (C or R 2699/4) 14/08/51 to Transair Ltd., London EC.2 (aircraft remained based at Croydon Airport).
On 17/2/52 when on final approach to Brussels-Zaventem Airport, the crew decided to reduce his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground due to foggy conditions when the twin engine aircraft hit a telephone pole and crashed on a house located about 100 meters from the approach path. Both crew members who were performing a cargo flight from London with newspapers on board were injured. Nobody on ground was hurt.
Registration G-ALFD cancelled by CAA 17/2/1952 as "aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 218/21: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10870251
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 218/22: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10870252
3. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 302)
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ALFD.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652a-anson-i-brussels .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Apr-2012 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2019 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 16:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Dec-2019 17:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2020 19:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2022 20:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 10-Nov-2022 08:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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