ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26593
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 October 1934 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed AS.5A Courier |
| Owner/operator: | Air Taxis Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACLS |
| MSN: | 15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brindisi, Itlay |
| Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Registered as G-ACLS [C of R 4722] 21.11.33 to Airspeed Ltd., Portsmouth, Hampshire. C of A 4083 issued 1.5.34. Sold on and re-registered [C of R 5274] 27.7.34 to Walter Laurence Hope and operated by his company Air Taxis Ltd, at Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France, on 17.10.34, whilst en route from Brindisi, Italy to Croydon, Surrey, UK. Fortunately the pilot. a Mr. Crundall was unhurt.
Registration G-ACLS cancelled by the Air Ministry on 2.12.34 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACLS.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A5.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20prewar.pdf
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1951/1951
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/ah1900/asportprod.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2012 14:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2017 00:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2020 16:23 | Sergey L. | Updated [Narrative] |
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