ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18285
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Date: | Wednesday 31 May 1978 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Auster J/1N Alpha |
Owner/operator: | Richmond Sean Maxwell Fendt |
Registration: | G-AGTP |
MSN: | 1823 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Enstone Airfield, Banbury Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Enstone Airfield, Enstone, Oxfordshire (EGTN) |
Destination airport: | Enstone Airfield, Enstone, Oxfordshire (EGTN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Probably the only Auster ever fitted with an Instrument Landing System (ILS). First registered (C of R 9720/1; C of A 7290) 2.10.45 as G-AGTP to Cecil Kay Aircraft (1945) Ltd., Braunstone, Leicestershire. Sold on and re-registered 11 times between 2.10.45 and 16.3.78.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Enstone, Oxfordshire on 31.5.78. Registration G-AGTP cancelled by the CAA as "aircraft destroyed" on 16.6.78.
Sources:
1.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-1.pdf 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-2.pdf 3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-3.pdf 4.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGTP-4.pdf 5.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AGTP?f=&sort=date_taken_formatted&order=desc [various photos of G-AGTP 1955-1971]
6.
https://www.fs2000.org/2017/12/26/fsx-auster-alpha-g-agtp/ 7.
https://pics.imcdb.org/10314/planee.28.jpg [still photo from the 1963 film 'Wings of Mystery' in which G-AGTP appears]
8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enstone_Airfield Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-Dec-2012 15:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
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