ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66457
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| Date: | Friday 24 August 1962 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Edgar Percival EP-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Fulair Ltd |
| Registration: | G-APCS |
| MSN: | 24 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gibraltar Harbour -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | North Front Airport Gibraltar (GIB/LXGB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 24: Edgar Percival EP-9 Built at Stapleford, Abridge, Essex by Edgar Percival Aircraft Ltd as G-43-3 (1st airframe to use this "Class B" registration) in 12.56. Registered (C of R R.5853/1) to Bahamas Helicopters (UK) Ltd as G-APCS on 11.7.57. C of A A.5853 issued 26.7.57. Based Tripoli, Libya and delivered via Croydon with c/no 25 on 4.8.57.
Owner changed title to World Wide Helicopters (UK) Ltd 16.10.61. Registration G-APCS cancelled 9.4.62 due to "change of ownership". Re-registered (C of R R 5853/2) to Fulair Ltd, Yeovil, Somerset 27.6.62.
Crashed into sea off Gibraltar on 24.8.62, whilst filming "The Running Man" in Gibraltar, the aircraft crashed into the harbour, and was written off. Registration G-APCS cancelled 30.11.62 as "Destroyed"
Sources:
1. The British Civil Aircraft Registration G-APAA to G-APZZ (Barnard Martin, Air Britain, 1978)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APCS-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APCS-2.pdf
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1095809
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?79083-Percival-EP-9-Photo-Req
6. http://www.air-azur.com/displayimage.php?
7. https://mvd.cloud/press/ARROW/BOOKLETS/THE_RUNNING_MAN_BOOKLET_WATERMARKED.pdf
8. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_1992.pdf
9. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057463/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Gibraltar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2009 22:34 | VHKDK | Added |
| 05-Jan-2012 14:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 19:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 26-Aug-2020 06:47 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Source] |
| 18-Oct-2022 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 18-Oct-2022 17:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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