Accident Miles M.2F Hawk Major EC-AHZ,
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Date:Monday 25 February 1957
Time:day
Type:Miles M.2F Hawk Major
Owner/operator:Aero Club de Andalucía
Registration: EC-AHZ
MSN: 117
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Morón de la Frontera, 57km SSE of Seville, Andalusia -   Spain
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Little or no information is available
Narrative:
MSN 117: First registered (C of R 5392) 24.10.34 as G-ACYW to Mark Anthony Lacayo, Heston, Middlesex. C of A 4543. This Miles Major arrives from Great Britain at the beginning of the 30s, it arrived with the British Registry G-ACYW, (which was cancelled 2.5.35) being re-registered at that time in Spain as EC-ZZA

At the beginning of the Civil War in 1936 it was requisitioned by the Nationalist Aviation Forces, being identified as 30-72, at the end of the War in 1939, it took on the new identification in the 1940s, being the L.5-72. In March 1954, it passed to the Aero Club de Andalucía with registration EC-AHZ, new in the AC database.

This plane was removed from the Registry when it was destroyed in an accident on February 25, 1957 in Morón de la Frontera.

Morón de la Frontera is a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia, 57 km South-East of Seville. Situated in the south of the province, it is the center of the region that bears the same name and is the head of one of the 85 judicial courts of Andalucia.

Sources:

1. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/spain/20090506.txt
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ACYW.pdf
3. https://www-aviationcorner-net.translate.goog/show_photo_en.asp?id=382755&_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_de_la_Frontera

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Aug-2020 17:10 harro Added
15-May-2022 09:45 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type]
26-Sep-2022 19:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]
26-Sep-2022 19:55 Dr. John Smith Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]

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