ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24742
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 October 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Portsmouth Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHYW |
| MSN: | 3923 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 55 miles North East of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Portsmouth, Hampshire (PME) |
| South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Consul c/no 3923 ex RAF Oxford PG936; First Civil Registered 15.7.46 as G-AHYW to Portsmouth Aviation Ltd, Portsmouth. C of A 8174 issued 3.9.46.
Badly damaged in forced landing 55 miles North East of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia 16.10.46, during delivery flight en route to South Africa. The crew was performing a flight from England to South Africa to deliver the aircraft to a local operator. En route, he encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing 55 miles northeast of Salisbury. While both occupants escaped unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Registration G-AHYW cancelled 24.7.47.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHYW.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-near-salisbury
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2011 07:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2017 18:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2017 18:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-May-2017 20:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
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