ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25043
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| Date: | Friday 20 November 1936 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Spartan Cruiser Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Northern & Scottish Airways |
| Registration: | G-ADEM |
| MSN: | 103 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Stanley Park, Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Ronaldsway, Isle of Man (EGNS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spartan Cruiser Mk.III (Gipsy Major). Registered as G-ADEM (C of R 5691) 14.3.35 to Spartan Aircraft Ltd, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. C of A issued 3.6.35; delivered 6.35 to Spartan Air Lines Ltd, Heston. Transferred 10.35 to British Airways Ltd; re-registered to them (C of R 6796) 3.3.36. Sold 30.6.36 to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd; delivered 6.7.36; re-registered to them (C of R 7282) 19.8.36.
Shortly after takeoff from Blackpool-Stanley Park Airport, 20.11.36 while climbing, the three engine aircraft hit a hangar and crashed in flames. Both occupants - one crew (Captain Charles Frederick O’Connell, aged 26) and one passenger (Mrs Eileen A Miller, aged 36) - were killed.
Cause: Takeoff was completed in thick fog so the visibility was near zero. After rotation, the aircraft may have been off course maybe after the pilot suffered a spatial disorientation.
Registration G-ADEM cancelled by the Air Ministry 2.12.36 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADEM.pdf
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576827
4. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/311752-northern-scottish-airways.html
5. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-spartan-cruiser-iii-blackpool-2-killed
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_Cruiser
9. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jun-2013 09:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2017 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jan-2018 22:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 08:07 | Sergey L. | Updated [Source] |
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