ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201549
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| Date: | Monday 18 January 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro 619 Five |
| Owner/operator: | Wilson Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AASO |
| MSN: | 383 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 12 miles from Broken Hill, Central Province -
 Zambia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) |
| Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 2337/C of A 2446) as G-AASO on 14.11.29 to A.V.Roe & Co Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester (aircraft based at Woodford Aerodrome, Cheshire). The first of two Avro Fives to see service in the UK was the Avro demonstrator G-AASO (c/n 383), entered in the King's Cup Race on July 5, 1930 by Sir Philip Sassoon and flown by Flight Lieutenant S.L.G. Pope. It was not a spectacular racer, and conveniently retired at its home base, Woodford.
Re-registered (C of R 2808) to Wilson Airways Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya on 5.9.30 to replace their second machine VP-KAE 'Knight of the Grail', and although allotted the Kenyan marks VP-KAH, these were never used. It flew as G-AASO on the African services until January 18, 1932, when it was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing 12 miles (19 km) from its destination while en route from Salisbury to Broken Hill. No injuries reported to the five person on board (pilot and four passengers).
Registration G-AASO cancelled by the Air Ministry in October 1932 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AASO.pdf
4. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/9937.htm
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/vp-kaa.pdf
6. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Jan32.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Apr-2020 08:55 | Sergey L. | Updated [Date] |
| 13-Apr-2022 10:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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