Date:	Tuesday 6 December 1960
Time:	day
Type:	Druine D.31 Turbulent
Owner/operator:	George Stewart
Registration:	G-APKZ
MSN:	PFA/479
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Cudham Lane, Green Street Green, near Orpington, Kent -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-APKZ: First registered (C of R 6265/1) 17.1.58 to Rollason Aircraft & Engines Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Registration cancelled 17.6.58. Re-registered (C of R 6265/2) 25.6.58 to George Stewart, Wallington, Surrey

Written off (destroyed) 6.12.60: Approximately 35 minutes after take-off the aircraft was performing aerobatics when the starboard wing became detached. The Turbulent plunged to the ground and its pilot was killed in the ensuing crash. The aeroplane was destroyed. Aircraft crashed at Cudham Lane, Green Street Green, near Orpington, Kent, 1½ miles North East of Biggin Hill. Pilot killed.

Registration G-APKZ formally cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority as "aircraft destroyed" 7.12.60

Green Street Green an area in south-east London, located in the London Borough of Bromley and the historic county of Kent. It is located south of Orpington, west of Chelsfield, north-west of Pratt's Bottom, north of Hazelwood, and south east of Farnborough.

1. Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1960 / CAA
2. The British Civil Aircraft Register G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.39
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APKZ.pdf
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 219/280: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C415052
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 219/281: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C415053
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-APKZ
6. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/104003/G-APKZ
7. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15800.0
8. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Druine-Rollason-D-31-Turbulent/2126050/L
9. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Street_Green

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Jul-2009 23:31	VHKDK	Added
11-Dec-2011 14:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Dec-2011 14:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Jan-2012 15:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
24-May-2014 20:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
26-May-2014 19:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
28-May-2015 09:11	harro	Updated [Date, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative]
17-Dec-2019 21:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
17-Dec-2019 21:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]