ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25186
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| Date: | Saturday 7 August 1920 |
| Time: | 20:45 |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | Bournemouth Aviation Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EARZ |
| MSN: | H6551 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bournemouth Aerodrome, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Bournemouth Aerodrome, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset |
| Bournemouth Aerodrome, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Avro 504K H6551 (former RAF serial used on the documentation in lieu of any official constructors number). First registered 31.03.20 as G-EARZ to Bournemouth Aviation Co. Ltd.
Written off 07.08.20 when crashed near Bournemouth Aerodrome, Ensbury Park, Bournemouth, Dorset. According to one source, the cause of the crash was loss of control due to the aircraft's control column becoming detached in flight. A contemporary local newspaper report give further details (Bournemouth Guardian - Saturday 14 August 1920):
"BOURNEMOUTH.
Flying Pupil Breaks his Leg.
A flying pupil. Robert Osmond Lindsay, of Westwood, Forest Hill, London, S.E., aged 19, on returning from a lengthy test flight to the Bournemouth Aerodrome on Friday evening last crashed when a few feet from the ground and broke his leg, having to be conveyed to the Boscombe Hospital.
The circumstances were rather peculiar. Lindsay left the aerodrome about 7.45 on an hour's test flight to qualify him for the Aero Club and Air Ministry certificates for which he had been training is Bournemouth for several months. He did not return at the conclusion of the hour and had not been seen for some time when darkness came on. Rockets, etc., were sent up from the aerodrome and at about 9.45 he was heard returning. In the darkness he attempted a landing on a bit of "common" ground near the aerodrome, having slightly got out of his bearings. When a few feet from the ground he "crashed" and the machine was badly damaged. When he was taken out of the wreckage he was found to have sustained a broken leg".
Registration G-EARZ was cancelled 30.09.20 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. Bournemouth Guardian - Saturday 14 August 1920
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/2/C28: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576496
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/81-register-gb-g-ea
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EARZ.pdf
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E1.html
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
7. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Aug20.html
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1929.htm
9. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1930-1939_35.html
10. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/ben.html
11. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15981.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Dec-2013 01:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Mar-2020 21:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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