Gear-up landing Incident Airspeed AS.65 Consul OY-FAU,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31901
 
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Date:Tuesday 27 November 1962
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic cnsl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Airspeed AS.65 Consul
Owner/operator:Transair Ltd
Registration: OY-FAU
MSN: NIL
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kastrup, Copenhagen -   Denmark
Phase: Standing
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Kastrup, Copenhagen (CPH/EKCH)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Built for RAF as Airspeed Oxford Mk.II X7262, Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Air Force 5.6.1947 as "V-AR". Not used by RNoAF. Stored until sold to AB Nordisk Aerotransport, Stockholm 14.06.51. Registration reserved 24.7.50 for Inverco A/B, Saltsjobaden. Registered as SE-XAA 21.6.51. Re-registered as SE-BTC 30.9.51 to Transair Sweden A/B, Bromma, Stockholm. Converted to Consul standard 8.5.52.

Damaged when stalled and belly landed with engine failure at Eskilstuna 1.3.53; repaired. Damaged at Bromma, Stockholm, 11.12.53; repaired. Modified in June 1956 for photographic survey work with additional glass panels in the nose. Registration SE-BTC cancelled as sold to Denmark 18.12.59. Had already been delivered when ferried from Bromma, Stockholm to Kastrup, Copenhagen 21.11.1959

Re-registered as OY-FAU [C of A 434] 23.3.60 to Transair Sweden A.B, Kastrup. Written off when undercarriage collapsed whilst parked at Kastrup, Copenhagen 27.11.62; damaged assessed as "beyond economic repair", and aircraft not repaired. Registration cancelled 8.2.63.

Sources:

1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/2582.html
3. http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4904&view=previous
4. http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4896&view=previous
5. http://www.oy-reg.dk/billeder/l8463.jpg
6. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%2012%20Oxford.pdf
7. http://transairsweden.com/aircraft/airspeed/
8. http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/transair/fleet.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 June 1962 OY-FAR Transair Ltd 0 Kastrup, Copenhagen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
08-Dec-2011 05:53 Dr. John Smithj Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
10-May-2017 22:14 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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