ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203431
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| Date: | Monday 4 June 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro 631 Cadet |
| Owner/operator: | Air Service Training Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACRY |
| MSN: | 701 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Solent Estuary, Hill Head, off Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) |
| Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 5025) 4.5.34 as G-ACRY to Air Service Training Ltd., Hamble, Hampshire. C of A 4279 issued later in May 1934.
G-ACRY had a very short life; it was written off (damaged beyond repair) when it crashed into the Solent off Hamble, Hampshire, on 4.6.34. just one month (to the day) after it was registered. According to a contemporary newspaper report ("Londonderry Sentinel" - Tuesday 5 June 1934)
"PLANE'S FORCED DESCENT.
INDIAN STUDENT INJURED.
An Indian student named M. A. Chaksey, of Hamble, Hampshire, escaped with cuts and bruises when his aeroplane made a forced descent in the sea near Hill Head, Lee-on-Solent, yesterday. The descent was seen by several workmen, one of whom said it looked like a death dive. Mr. Potter, water bailiff, Hill Head, rowed to the spot, a hundred and fifty yards from the shore. The airman was on the tail of the machine. He was taken into the boat, and a few minutes later the machine sank, apparently broken in two.
Registration G-ACRY cancelled 7.6.34 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Londonderry Sentinel - Tuesday 5 June 1934
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACRY.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
5. http://www.delscope.co.uk/aviation/hamble.htm
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=14972.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2017 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Feb-2020 17:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2020 17:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Jun-2023 20:36 | Nepa | Updated [[Source]] |
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