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Date: | Sunday 18 August 1963 |
Time: | |
Type: | Beagle A.61 Terrier 1 |
Owner/operator: | West London Aero Services Ltd |
Registration: | G-ARUX |
MSN: | 3729 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Luton, Bedfordshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | White Waltham, Berkshire |
Destination airport: | Luton Bedfordshire (EGGW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Built for RAF as Auster AOP.6 WE611. Service with 651 Squadron, 1908 Flight. Transferred to Army Air Corps 1.9.57. Sold to Beagle-Auster Aircraft Ltd 22/9/1961 and converted to Beagle A.61 Terrier 1.
On a day when the wind was gusting up to 30 kts., the pilot landed at Luton after a flight from White Waltham; he had no R/T and, as he had not obtained prior permission by telephone as set out in the U.K. Air Pilot, air traffic control were unable to warn him of the surface wind conditions. During the landing a wing dropped and the pilot attempted to overshoot; this attempt was unsuccessful and the starboard wing and then the propeller struck the ground.
Registration G-ARUX cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority 8/10/1963 as "aircraft destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARUX.pdf http://www.auster.ukf.net/p37.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=3620
http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=174
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Jul-2009 02:54 |
VHKDK |
Updated |
26-Feb-2012 18:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
27-May-2015 17:03 |
harro |
Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |