ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18161
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| Date: | Friday 14 April 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1 Autocrat |
| Owner/operator: | Airviews Manchester Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AGYP |
| MSN: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Christie playing fields,West Didsbury Manchester. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Manchester International Airport (MAN/EGCC) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Auster G-AGYP force landed on christie playing fields west didsburyManchester. Apparently it had engine trouble while towing an advertising banner. The actual date of the incident was 14th April 1961. The Aircraft was operated by Airviews Manchester Ltd and was being flown by its owner/operator pilot Mr Bruce Martin. Was this the first & last landing of any aircraft in the Levenshulme area? This aircraft is mentioned elsewhere as having force-landed on the Mellands playing-fields at Gorton, Manchester in May, 1960: it was flown out by the above-named Mr. Martin.
Sources:
http://www.levyboy.com/aviation.htm
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1282156/
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1889
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=124-1961&cid=-1#-1
www.auster.ukf.net/p20.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Auster_J.1N_Alphat_G-AGYP_Airviews_Ringway_04.61_edited-2.jpg
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jul-2009 23:29 | VHKDK | Updated |
| 24-Jan-2013 13:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2014 17:02 | B FITZ | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2014 09:27 | John Hardman | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2020 17:50 | duncan wicks | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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