ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89479
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| Date: | Sunday 24 April 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk |
| Owner/operator: | College of Air Training |
| Registration: | G-AOJY |
| MSN: | C1-0077 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lulsgate, Bristol -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hamble, Hampshire (EGHM) |
| Lulsgate, Bristol (EGTG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Chipmunk WB631, delivered 24/05/1950. Struck off charge on 01/06/1956 and at 9 MU RAF Cosford. Sold off for civilian use, having already been first registered as G-AOJY 16/04/1956. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/04/1966: collided with ground equipment whilst taxying at Lulsgate, Bristol. Pilot and instructor uninjured. Aircraft on a cross country navigation exercise.
Registration G-AOJY cancelled 04/08/1966 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"). Wreckage recovered to College of Air training base at Hamble, Hampshire, where reduced to spares and produce.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1983)
2. http://www.dhcchipmunk.com/0077.html
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AOJY-2.pdf
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=343
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2011 12:54 | ThW | Added |
| 24-Jan-2011 12:54 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 26-Sep-2012 01:37 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Mar-2013 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2015 03:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2015 04:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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