ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19392
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| Date: | Sunday 28 September 1969 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-APJX |
| MSN: | 1439 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Inverness Dalcross Airport, Inverness, Highland, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV/EGPE) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Auster AOP.V TJ373. Service with 43 OTU, 227 OCU, AOP School, and LAS before being SOC 29/4/53 (although not civil registered as G-APJX until 3/1/58. Note that the official Air Ministry records quote "TJ373" - its former military serial - instead of the official MSN 1439).
First registered (C or R 6242/1) 3/1/58 to Vendair Ltd., Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. Aircraft moved to Biggin Hill with effect from 27/8/62. Sold on and re-registered 1.4.68 to Philip Steven Birch, New Malden, Surrey.
Destroyed by gales whilst parked at Inverness (Dalcross) Airport, Inverness, Highland on 28/9/1969. Per UK Civil Aviation Authority Documentation, the owner notified the CAA that the aircraft had been wrecked in a gale on 2/4/1970 (over six months after the incident), and the registration G-APJX was accordingly cancelled 7/4/70 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APJX-1.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APJX-2.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1085819
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1320
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1533707
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1408962
7. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 06:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2012 06:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2013 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2013 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 16-Jul-2013 01:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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