ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82733
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| Date: | Monday 17 January 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Beagle B.206 Series 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Beagle Aircraft Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATEU |
| MSN: | B.015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mushingashi, Copperbelt Province -
 Zambia
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | N'Dola, Zambia (NLA/FLSK) |
| N'Dola, Zambia (NLA/FLSK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
G-ATEU, Beagle B.206C: Intended for the Libyan Government but retained by Beagle as demonstrator. First registered as G-ATEU 31 May 1965 to Beagle Aircraft Co Ltd., Shoreham, Sussex. On January 6, 1966 Vyrell Mitchell took off from Gatwick with G-ATEU (c/no B015) in order to present the twin-engine aircraft to the Flying Doctor Service in Zambia. Its first stop was Malta, or 2,220 km covered in six hours fifty-two minutes
Written off 17 January 1966: Damaged Beyond Repair when crashed at Mushingashi, N'Dola, Zambia, during demonstration and sales tour of Southern Africa.
Registration G-ATEU formally cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority 17/1/1966 as "aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
1. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ATEU.pdf
2. http://www.beagle206x.flyer.co.uk/prod.htm
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/150: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070160 [Zambian investigation; departmental comments on report; includes Zambian report]
4. http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/beagle_b206.html
5. http://richard.ferriere.free.fr/bleneau/basset/beagle206.pdf (French text)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2010 03:57 | VHKDK | Added |
| 08-Jul-2012 11:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 01:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2015 19:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2020 16:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2022 10:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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