ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19001
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 March 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Short S.22 Scion Senior FB |
| Owner/operator: | MAEE RAF |
| Registration: | L9786 |
| MSN: | S.836 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Clyde at RAF Helensburgh, Argyll, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Helensburgh, Argyll |
The last aircraft built was acquired by the Air Ministry for testing flying boat hull designs particularly for the Short Sunderland. Civil registration G-AETH was reserved [C of R 7634] on 4.2.37; however, this registration was not taken up, taking the military serial L9786 instead.
Redesignated the Scion Senior FB (for Flying Boat), it was fitted with a duralumin, flush-riveted central float and outrigger floats. During 1942, a series of trials by the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEE) was undertaken, determining attitude and stability characteristics of the design.
The sole test example was lost at sea on 15.3.44 off Helensburgh, Argyll, when an attempt was made to take off from the Clyde in frosty conditions. H.G. White, a Flight Test Officer at MAEE Helenburgh, died when the aircraft stalled into the water and sank. The other two members of the crew were rescued.
Sources:
1. http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=129
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Scion_Senior#Operational_history
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AETH.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Mar-2013 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2013 02:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
| 06-May-2014 17:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2014 17:18 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-May-2014 17:29 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2015 06:35 | Taylor | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 01-Feb-2018 23:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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