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Date: | Sunday 29 November 1964 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Druine D.31 Turbulent |
Owner/operator: | Reverend Patrick Joseph O'Kelly |
Registration: | G-APCM |
MSN: | PFA 163 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Aldergrove Airport, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Aldergrove Airport, Aldergrove, Belfasy (BFS/EGAA) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Druine D.31 Turbulent G-APCM: First registered (C of R 5848/1) on 22.1.57 to Reverend Patrick Joseph O'Kelly, Anderstown, Belfast.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29.11.64: Destroyed during start up at Aldergrove Airport, Belfast; aircraft ran away whilst being started by its owner (hand prop-swing) with the throttle open, and without the wheels being chocked. With no-one at the controls. It then overturned and was damaged beyond repair
Registration G-APCM cancelled same day (29.11.64) as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. The British Civil Aircraft Register G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.19)
2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APCM.pdf 3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1456889 [photo G-APCM at Aldergrove 1964]
4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport#1946%E2%80%931970 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Nov-2010 03:49 |
VHKDK |
Added |
03-Jun-2012 13:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |