Incident Cessna F150F (Reims) G-ATRJ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18572
 
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Date:Tuesday 25 July 1967
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna F150F (Reims)
Owner/operator:Wells Chartair Ltd
Registration: G-ATRJ
MSN: F150-0044
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Upper Honeydon Farm airstrip, 12 km NE Bedford, Bedfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Upper Honeydon Farm airstrip, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Took off in long grass at Upper Honeydon Farm airstrip,near Colmworth, 12 km NE Bedford, Bedfordshire, 25/7/67, and crashed. (This was the strip at Upper Honeydon Farm owned by a farmer Spencer Thomas. He owned and operated Miles Gemini G-AKHP from the strip for many years - since at least 1960. The strip bordered the road from Bushmead to Upper Staploe at approximate co-ordinates 52°13'N 00°21'W).

Registration G-ATRJ cancelled by the CAA 15/8/67 as aircraft "destroyed"

Sources:

1. http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/LA00116-1
2. http://www.cessna150152.com/serialplanes/
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATRJ.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeydon
5. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f150show.asp?start=0&count=50]
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?10254-Honeydon-St-Neots]
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960
8. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1960/1960

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
27-Sep-2011 09:02 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
18-Aug-2012 18:39 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
08-Mar-2015 18:19 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Embed code]
06-Aug-2015 01:07 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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