ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29029
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| Date: | Sunday 18 December 1949 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Air Jordan |
| Registration: | G-AKFL |
| MSN: | NK674 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saint Simón, Beirut -
 Lebanon
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bir Hassan Airfield (Beirut Airport) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson Mk.1 ex-RAF MK674. First civil registered 29/8/1947 as G-AKFL (C of R 11875/1) to Air Transport Assocation Ltd., Guernsey, Channel Islands. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 3/10/1947.
Sold on and re-registered 28/10/1947 (C of R 11875/2) to Leslie Maurice Cooper t/a Blue Line Airways, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. C of A 9872 issued 11/6/1948. Registration cancelled/lapsed 30/6/1948. Transferred to (owners' company) Blue Line Airways Ltd., Tollerton, Nottinghamshire 18/8/1948 (C of R 11875/3). Registration cancelled/lasped 20/9/1949 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 11875/4) 6/10/1949 to Audley Bond Mallabar & George Charles Toye t/a Air Jordan, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Written off (destroted) 18/12/1949: Shortly after takeoff from Bir Hassan Airfield (Beirut Airport), while climbing by night, the aircraft suffered engine problems. The captain completed an emergency landing on a beach near Saint Simón, Beirut. While the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair, all 10 occupants (two crew plus eight passengers) were uninjured. Registration G-AKFL cancelled 18/12/1949 as "destroyed at Beirut"
Sources:
1. The Anson File (Ray Stirtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p, 302
2. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/22360/
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1253089/
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKFL.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652a-anson-i-beyrouth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Oct-2011 18:19 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 16-Mar-2012 09:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2014 10:17 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2015 15:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2017 19:28 | Captain Adam | Updated [Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2021 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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