ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205588
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| Date: | Saturday 3 July 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival P.10 Vega Gull |
| Owner/operator: | Percival Aircraft Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AEWP |
| MSN: | K.51 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Johnstone, near Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfrodshire |
| Renfrew, Glasgow | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 7779] on 23.3.37 as G-AEWP to the Percival Aircraft Co Ltd., London SW.1 (aircraft based at Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire). C of A 5847 issued April 1937.
Written off (destroyed) 3.7.37 when lost control and spun into the ground after engine failure at Johnstone, near Renfrew, Scotland. All four persons on board were killed
Flying Officer Michael O'Bryen Shute Barrington, RAFO (pilot, aged 28)
John Milne Barbour (passenger, aged 30)
John Houston (passenger, aged 45)
Stanley Pearcy (passenger, aged 25)
Registration G-AEWP cancelled by the Air Ministry 7.12.37 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AEWP.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A10.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstone
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2018 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Feb-2018 21:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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