ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26604
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| Date: | Friday 14 November 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Basil R.W. Betts, t/a BRW Betts & Co |
| Registration: | G-AJGI |
| MSN: | 5125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Châlons-en-Champagne, Marne 51 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5125 ex-RAF Oxford LW832 [original c/n 1086]. First civil Registered 14.4.47 to Dominic Louis Steiner, Speke. C of A 9281 issued 9.5.47. Re-registered 10.6.47 to Mrs Edith Wheeler, London SW7. Re-registered 15.9.47 to Basil R.W. Betts, t/a BRW Betts & Co,London SW1.
Written off (Badly damaged) in forced landing near Châlons-en-Champagne, Marne, Champagne-Ardennes, France (at approximate Coordinates: 48°57′27″N 4°21′54″E) on 14.11.47. In flight, the pilot was forced to reduce his altitude and to make an emergency landing in a field. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. Registration cancelled as "crashed" 28.1.48.
Sources:
1. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJGI.pdf
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-chalons-en-champagne
4. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/post/18090/thread
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2lons-en-Champagne
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Dec-2011 12:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2015 16:53 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2017 21:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2017 21:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-May-2017 21:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Mar-2019 21:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source] |
| 30-Jun-2022 04:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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