Incident Druine D.31 Turbulent G-AWDH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178626
 
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Date:Monday 8 July 1974
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic D31 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Druine D.31 Turbulent
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: G-AWDH
MSN: PFA.1633
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Upwood Farm, Black Moor Rd, Oxenhope, Keighley, West Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Oxenhope Airfield, Keighley (X4OX)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/7/1974 when crashed shortly after take off from Oxenhope Airfield, near Keighley, West Yorkshire. According to a contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (August 1974): "A Turbulent (G-AWDH) crashed on take off from Oxenhope on July 8th. The pilot was seriously hurt when the aircraft struck a stone wall at Upwood Farm".

Registration G-AWDH belatedly cancelled by the CAA almost ten years later (30/05/1984) as aircraft "destroyed"

Sources:

1. https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWDH.pdf
2. Yorkshire Air News August 1974: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1974%2008.pdf
3. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Oxenhope

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Aug-2015 13:47 Dr. John Smith Added

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