ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18452
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1971 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Auster J/5P Autocar |
| Owner/operator: | General Aviation Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AOHZ |
| MSN: | 3252 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marton Hill Farm, Marton, Sinnington, York, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marton Hill Farm Marton, Sinnington, York, North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed by fire whilst parked/stored at Marton Hill Farm Marton, Sinnington, York, North Yorkshire. Per the CAA records, the registration G-AOHZ was cancelled on 17/5/1971.
Aircraft had been reported by "Yorkshire Air News" as being at Sherburn-in-Elmet in April 1971 and up for sale. ("General Aviation $ervices contlnue to use Sherburn as a base for many of their aircraft awaiting sale. Present during April" [1971] "have been, G-AOHZ Autocar..."
Despite being "destroyed by fire" (at least officially) on 5/5/1971, G-AOHZ was sold on to new owners on 8/7/1971, and was rebuilt at Ringway (Manchester Airport) in 1971-72. Wreckage arrived on the South Side of Manchester Ringway Airport on 19/9/1971. According to a contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (February 1972):
"Auster G-AOHZ has now departed from Hill Farm, Marton, where it was damaged by fire on 5th May 1971 to Ringway. It is now being rebuilt into one aircraft with the assistance of G-APKI which was damaged at Perranporth on the 16th May, 1971"
It was sold on again on 18/12/1972. Between 18/12/1972 and 20/10/2004, G-AOHZ was sold on a further seven times and was still currently registered in 2015
Sources:
1. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p32.htm
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AOHZ-2.pdf
3. http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1971%2005.PDF
4. http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1972%2002.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Nov-2012 06:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 24-Nov-2012 18:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 03:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 04-Aug-2015 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 21:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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