ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80494
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| Date: | Sunday 29 November 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Druine D.31 Turbulent |
| Owner/operator: | Reverend Patrick Joseph O'Kelly |
| Registration: | G-APCM |
| MSN: | PFA 163 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aldergrove Airport, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aldergrove Airport, Aldergrove, Belfasy (BFS/EGAA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-APCM: First registered (C of R 5848/1) on 22.1.57 to Reverend Patrick Joseph O'Kelly, Anderstown, Belfast.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29.11.64: Destroyed during start up at Aldergrove Airport, Belfast; aircraft ran away whilst being started by its owner (hand prop-swing) with the throttle open, and without the wheels being chocked. With no-one at the controls. It then overturned and was damaged beyond repair
Registration G-APCM cancelled same day (29.11.64) as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. The British Civil Aircraft Register G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.19)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APCM.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1456889 [photo G-APCM at Aldergrove 1964]
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport#1946%E2%80%931970
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2010 03:49 | VHKDK | Added |
| 03-Jun-2012 13:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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