ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283977
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| Date: | Monday 10 June 1957 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.38 Messenger I |
| Owner/operator: | The Scottish Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-AHZU |
| MSN: | 6337 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mud Flats, Invergowrie Bay, Firth of Tay -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Perth/Scone Airfield, Perth, Tayside, Scotland (EGPT) |
c/n 6337: G-AHZU Messenger Mk.2A (155 hp Blackburn Cirrus Major III) with oval rear windows. Application for C. of A. and registration made as a Series IIA by Miles Aircraft Ltd. 19.7.46. Miles records state: No. 10. Date delivered 28.1.47 at a gross cost of £2,649 8s. with a £500 deposit paid on 31.12.45. Discount given £164 18s.10d. Net balance £1,884 9s.2d. paid 30.1.47.
Registered to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge, 19.7.46 with C of R No.10409/1. C of A No.8128 issued on 17.1.47 to Marshalls Flying School Ltd, Cambridge. Registration cancelled 28.1.47 and re-registered (C of R 10490/2) to Messrs. Tractor Spares Ltd., Wolverhampton 3.3.47. Damaged in overrun landing on private strip at Farcet, near Peterborough, c.June 1950, when assured C G Weight.
Registration cancelled 30.12.53 and re-registered (C of R R1116/3, and new C of A A.1116) to The Strathtay Aero Club Ltd, Perth, on 25.1.54. Registration cancelled 1.5.56 and re-registered (C of R R 1116/4) to The Scottish Aero Club, Perth 15.8.56.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine failure necessitated a forced landing on mud flats at Invergowrie Bay, Firth of Tay, 10.6.57 while on training flight from Perth/Scone. Occupants Salah Zumrawi and Hassan Aji rescued by helicopters from Leuchars. G-AHZU was later submerged by the high tide and written off. Registration G-AHZU cancelled 8.7.57 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHZU.pdf
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2001.pdf
3. G-AHZU in 1953 and 1955: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AHZU
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergowrie_Bay
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2022 23:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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