ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18210
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Date: | 19-JUL-1954 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Auster J/1 Autocrat |
Owner/operator: | Denham Flying Club Ltd |
Registration: | G-AGTY |
MSN: | 1841 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:First registered (C of R 9728/1; C of 7287) 9/11/45 as G-AGTY to Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd., Britannia Works, Thurmaston, Leicester. Was the sales and demonstration aircraft in 1945-46, and appeared in the company's advertisements in the period. Registration cancelled/lapsed 19/7/46 upon sale.
Sold on and re-registered (C of R 9728/2) on 19/7/46 (same day) to J. Shipside Ltd., Nottingham Airport, Tolletron, Nottinghamshire. Registration cancelled/lapsed 24/9/51 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (with new C of R R.2333/3) on 10/10/51 to A. Tempest (Cardiff) Ltd., Cardiff, South Glamorgan. Took part in the 1952 National Air Race at Woolsington (Newcastle Airport) on 11-12/7/52 - Race number "18", piloted by P. B. Cash, and finished 11th. Registration cancelled/lapsed 21/5/53 upon sale
Sold on and re-registered (for the fourth and final time) with C of R R.2333/4 on 3/6/53 to Denham Flying Club, Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Crashed on night take off from Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire on 19/7/1954. Registration G-AGTY cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry on 18/8/1954 as "a/c destroyed"
Sources:
1. Western Mail 20 July 1954
2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTY.pdf 3.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946 - 1458.html
4.
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/auster-strip 5.
http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Model_J1_autocrat/G-AGTY-1946-Autocrat-1 6.
https://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/?searchQuery=Auster%20Aircraft&startYear=1909&endYear=1980 7.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Events/NatAirRaces/Woolsington52.htm 8.
http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1982/1982%20-%20Oct.pdf
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
05-Jan-2013 22:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
21-Mar-2019 13:30 |
rod Brown |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
15-Apr-2020 23:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
15-Apr-2020 23:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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