ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28885
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| Date: | Thursday 27 November 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Payloads (Charter) Company Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AIOO |
| MSN: | 4357 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport, Pyrénées-Orientales 66 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport, Perpignan, France (PGF/LFMP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 4357 ex-RAF Oxford PK305. First civil registered 16.10.46 to Airspeed Ltd as G-AIOO. Re-registered 22.11.46 to Payloads [Charter] Co Ltd, Gatwick. C of A 8705 issued 19.12.46. Sold to South Africa; registration ZS-BNT reserved 14.2.47 but not taken up. Reverted to G-AIOO 22.4.47 to Payloads Ltd, Gatwick.
Crashed at Perpignan, France 27.11.47 whilst on a flight from London Gatwick Airport. On final approach to Perpignan Airport, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France, the twin engined aircraft stalled and crashed into a field. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Registration cancelled 27.11.47 due to "destruction or permanent witdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIOO.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-perpignan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2011 08:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2017 22:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
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