Fuel exhaustion Incident Beagle A.109 Airedale G-ASCB,
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Date:Sunday 26 July 1964
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AIRD model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beagle A.109 Airedale
Owner/operator:Cumberland Aviation Services
Registration: G-ASCB
MSN: B.527
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:near Mesão Frio -   Portugal
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Pedras Rubras/Porto
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Came down in river Douro, near Mesão Frio due to fuel exhaustion. British family of two adult and three children rescued by inhabitants slightly injured. Registration G-ASCB cancelled 26/8/64 as "aircraft destroyed".
The aircraft has been re-registered in Portugal (19June1968) as CS-AIB, in accordance with Portuguese Civil Aviation Register-1968.

Sources:

Diário de Lisboa 27 July 1964, p6
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1134571/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Aug-2009 22:31 VHKDK Added
12-May-2012 15:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
10-Jun-2012 11:46 JFigueiredo Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
06-Aug-2015 10:37 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
12-Oct-2018 19:45 TB Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]

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