ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166480
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| Date: | Sunday 26 May 1963 |
| Time: | 14:25 LT |
| Type: |  Druine D.31 Turbulent |
| Owner/operator: | The Tiger Club |
| Registration: | G-APIZ |
| MSN: | PFA.478 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wells House Farm, West Clandon, near Guildford, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire (EGYD) |
| Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey (EGKR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-APIZ: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26.5.63 when crashed at Wells House Farm, West Clandon, near Guildford, Surrey. According to a contemporary report in "Flight International" magazine:
"About two hours after departure from Cranwell, on a flight to Redhill via Reading, engine failure made a forced landing necessary when the aircraft was over wooded and hilly country some 3 miles southeast of Guildford. The aircraft was seen to turn steeply, at a height of 70 to 100 feet, towards a field forming one of the two steep slopes of a valley. During the turn the aircraft lost height rapidly; the descent was checked temporarily, but the aircraft then stalled and dived to the ground a few yards from the further boundary of the field.
The pilot, who was seriously injured, was extricated from the wreckage by rescuers from a nearby farm. A strip examination of the engine, carried out during the investigation into the accident, revealed that the crankshaft had fractured. A large quantity of oil which had escaped from the rear of the engine during flight had covered the windscreen, thus increasing the pilot's difficulties in the attempted forced landing."
Registration G-APIZ cancelled 22.9.65 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
That should have been the end of G-APIZ...and for 22 years, it was! However, the registration was reinstated on 22.1.87 to a new owner in Congleton, Cheshire, after a protracted rebuild; it is not clear how much remains of the original aircraft after this rebuild. Sold on five times between 1987 and 2010, and still currently registered
Sources:
1. Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APIZ-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APIZ-2.pdf
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964
5. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/photo/1003008/
6. http://www.oldmerstham.com/index.php?goto=redhillaerodrome5
7. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-APIZ
8. G-APIZ undergoing rebuild April 1983: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1514745
9. G-APIZ at Baginton Coventry in 1964: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1456323
Media:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2014 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-May-2014 18:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-May-2015 16:01 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 13:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2020 01:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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