ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140261
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Air Enterprises Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AJLJ |
| MSN: | 5128 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beirut International Airport, Beirut -
 Lebanon
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Beirut International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon (BEY/OBLA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5128 ex-RAF Oxford HM627 [original c/n 655]. RAF Service with 116 Squadron 10.4.43 to 18.6.45. Sold to Airspeed 24.1.47. First civil registered (Certificate of Registry 11399/1) as G-AJLJ on 1.5.47 to Air Enterprises Ltd, Gatwick. Certificate of Airworthiness 9335 issued 22.5.47. Accident at Valencia, Spain, 13.10.47. Operated by the United Nations in Palestine/Israel as UN-96 in 1948.
Badly damaged when struck by USAF C-47 8958 on start-up Beirut 11.11.48. Shipped back to Croydon but deemed to be beyond economic repair, and not repaired. Extant as wreck at Croydon in January 1950. Registration cancelled 21.3.50 as "reduced to produce."
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) Accident to Consul aircraft G-AJLJ; Valencia, Spain, 13 Oct. 1947: report by Spanish authorities: File BT 217/1861: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576015
2. Hamlin, John F (2001). The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File p 155. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England: Air-Britain. ISBN 0 85130 2890.
3. Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJLJ.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2011 23:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-May-2017 17:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2017 17:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Dec-2019 22:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2020 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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