ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18133
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| Date: | 09-AUG-1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Thomas Courtney Fooks |
| Registration: | G-AIGX |
| MSN: | 2167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Béziers-Cap d'Agde en Languedoc Airport, Hérault 34 -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) |
| Beziers, France (BZR/LFMU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Intended for export to Denmark, and Danish registration OY-DRI reserved but not taken up. Instead registered 22/10/46 as G-AIGX to Auster Aircraft Ltd, Leicester. Sold 25/11/46 to Thomas Courtney Fooks, Kent
Written off when damaged beyond repair after it crashed at Beziers, France 9/8/48. Registration G-AIGX cancelled 1/5/50. According to notes on the official aircraft registration documents, the registration was cancelled "as a result of a crash in France in 1948. Remains impounded and auctioned by Sheriff's Officer, Leicester. Purchased by Auster Aircraft 1/5/50".
This note implies that Auster Aircraft at Rearsby, Leicester, bought the wreckage of G-AIGX and broke it up for spares
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIGX.pdf
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2049
[link no longer active:http://www.auster.ukf.net/p21.htm]
http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/5581.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ziers_Cap_d%27Agde_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2012 16:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 08:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 09:52 | harro | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 30-Dec-2022 01:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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