ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25300
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| Date: | Friday 22 September 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro Nineteen I |
| Owner/operator: | Ministry of Civil Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AGPB |
| MSN: | 1271 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Lisbon, Portugal |
| RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire (BNN/EBNN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Nineteen G-AGPB: Built for RAF as Avro Anson XII PH828, but diverted on production line for civil use and conversion to Anson C.19. Re-designated Avro Nineteen 29-11-1945. First registered on 3-9-1945 to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, London. Based at Croydon and later Gatwick. C of R 9631/1; C of R 7227 issued 3-1-1946. Operated by the CAFU (Civil Aviation Flying Unit) for communications duties and radar calibration trials.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22-9-1950: After touchdown at RAF Bovingdon, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest off the end of the runway. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration G-AGPB cancelled 30-11-1950 as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use". Sold to Decca Company in 1952 as demonstrator for the Decca Navigator, and as a source of spares for their other Anson C.19 G-AGPG.
Sources:
1. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.292)
2. https://www.cafuhistory.com/1944---49.html
3. https://www.cafuhistory.com/1950---59.html
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AGPB.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-191-raf-bovingdon .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Jun-2010 11:19 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2010 11:35 | TB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2012 10:50 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 29-Apr-2013 10:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2013 11:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 14-Jan-2014 17:17 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2014 17:18 | TB | Updated [Nature] |
| 01-Jan-2021 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2021 03:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 21:17 | TB | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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