Date:	Monday 31 August 2020
Time:	day
Type:	AESL Airtourer Super 150
Owner/operator:	Trustee of the 607 Group
Registration:	G-AZBE
MSN:	A535
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Peterlee (Shotton) Airfield, Shotton Colliery, County Durham -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Peterlee (Shotton) Airfield, County Durham
Destination airport:	Peterlee (Shotton) Airfield, County Durham
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Glos-Airtourer Super 150 G-AZBE: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 August 2020 in a landing accident at Peterlee (Shotton) Airfield, County Durham. The AAIB conducted a correspondence investigation, and the following is the summary from it:

"On landing the nosewheel dug into the soft ground and the nose undercarriage leg broke off. The airfield had been affected by heavy rain in the week preceding the event".

The damage sustained must have been extensive, as the aircraft was de-registered by the CAA on 20 November 2020 as "destroyed". G-AZBE was built in 1969, and first registered on 5 July 1971 and was, at the time of the above accident, on its ninth owner from new.

1. AAIB Correspondence Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-september-october-2020/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2020
2. CAA: History of G-AZBE 1971-76: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AZBE.pdf
3. G-AZBE at Denham (EGLD) on 31/8/2012: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000789474.html
4. G-AZBE at Plymouth (EGHD) 7/9/1971 (when almost new!): https://www.airhistory.net/photo/303772/G-AZBE
5. Various photos of G-AZBE 1971-2018: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AZBE
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWAirtourer.htm
7. http://airtourer.asn.au/airtourer/images/Newsletter/ATA%20NL40%20May%201987.pdf
8. https://en-gb.facebook.com/ShottonAirfield/
9. https://ukga.com/airfield/peterlee

G-AZBE Glos-Airtourer Super 150/T5 Touch and go at Peterlee (Shotton) Airfield, County Durham in 2016

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Dec-2020 18:26	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Jul-2021 14:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Category]
27-Jul-2021 14:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Category]
27-Jul-2021 14:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Category]
07-Feb-2022 12:11	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type]