ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29076
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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 1948 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Chartair Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AIOM |
| MSN: | 4347 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 miles north of Lyon–Bron Airport, Rhône 69 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
| Lyon–Bron Airport, Bron, Lyon (LYN/LFLY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 4347 ex-RAF Oxford PK295. First civil Registered 16.10.46 to Airspeed Ltd as G-AIOM. Re-registered 11.11.46 to Chartair Ltd, Thame, Oxfordshire. CofA 8703 issued 19.12.46.
Forced landed in field 6 miles north of Lyon–Bron Airport, Bron, Lyons, France 24.1.48. On approach to Lyon-Bron, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and decided to make an emergency landing. The twin engine aircraft belly landed in a flooded field located 10 km north of the airport and came to rest. All three occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair after being destroyed by flood water.
Registration G-AIOM cancelled 26.5.48 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. My Father was the PIC and I was one of the passengers.
2. British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999.
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1999.
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIOM.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-near-lyon
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Sep-2009 10:30 | DSRSIA | Updated |
| 22-Jan-2010 23:20 | John Baker | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 07-Dec-2011 08:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2012 12:06 | dsrsia | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Dec-2012 11:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2017 22:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
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