Accident Avro 616 Avian IVM G-ABDN,
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Date:Tuesday 6 June 1933
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic AVIN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 616 Avian IVM
Owner/operator:Charles Richard Venon Pugh (owner)
Registration: G-ABDN
MSN: 423
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Skegness, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Skegness, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Avro 616 Sports Avian IVM: Registered G-ABDN [C of R 2752] 7.7.30 to A.V Roe & Co Ltd, Newton Heath, Manchester (aircraft based at Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire). Re-registered [C of R 2767] August 1930 to R.A. Carder. C of A 2684 issued 25.8.30. Re-registered [C of R 3763] 23.5.32 to Charles Richard Vernon Pugh, RAF Gosport, Hampshire

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.6.33: Spun into the ground off turn after take-off and caught fire, Skegness, Lincolnshire. Both persons on board - Hubert Bentinck Chantrey (pilot, aged 29) and Miss Vera Emily Field (passenger, aged 30) - were killed. Registration G-ABDN cancelled 2.9.33 due to "destruction of permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABDN.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A2.htmll
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576709
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/avian.pdf
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Nov-2017 21:40 Dr. John Smith Added
20-Jul-2023 09:48 Nepa Updated

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