Incident Auster J/1 Autocrat G-AJUK,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18201
 
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Date:Sunday 6 May 1951
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic J1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Auster J/1 Autocrat
Owner/operator:Southend Flying Club
Registration: G-AJUK
MSN: 2623
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Spalding, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Southend Airport, Southend-on-Sea, Essex (EGMC)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Auster J/1 Autocrat: Frist regsitered (C of R 11599/1; C of A 9464) on 5/6/1947 as G-AJUK to Auster Aircraft Ltd., Rearsby, Leicestrershire. Regsitration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 15/7/1947 upon sale.

Sold on and re-regsitered (C of R 11599/2) 22/7/1947 to the Southend Corporation Flying Club Ltd., Southend Airport, Southend, Essex. This was later amended to "The Major Alderman & Burgess of the County Borough of Southend-on-Sea" [sic]. although still operated by the Southend Flying Club at Southend Airport, Essex.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6/5/1951 when crashed at Spalding, Lincolnshire. Registration G-AJUK cancelled 31/12/52 by the Air Ministry as "Withdrawn From use"

Sources:

1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJUK.pdf
2. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2509

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
09-Jun-2012 20:30 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
25-Jan-2021 03:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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