Date:	Monday 27 December 1965
Time:
Type:	Beagle A.61 Terrier 2
Owner/operator:	Beagle Aircraft Ltd
Registration:	G-ATKJ
MSN:	B.639
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Rearsby,Leicestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Rearsby, Leicestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Built as Auster AOP.6 TW641. Sold to Beagle-Auster 26/9/1961 and converted to Beagle A.61 Terrier 2. Civil registered G-ATKJ 25/10/1965. Crashed on take off from Rearsby, Leicestershire, on post conversion test flight on 27/12/1965. Registration G-ATKJ cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority 12/1/1966 as "aircraft destroyed"

NOTE: Another aircraft was flying in 2011 as "TW641". However,this is not the original aircraft referred to above, but the former G-ATDN (c/no B.638) which immediately preceeded G-ATKJ on the production line

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATKJ.pdf
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/flyer1/army-auster-beagle-a-61-terrier-2-tw641-83581.aspx
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4029
http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
15-Nov-2010 02:46	VHKDK	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, ]
25-Feb-2012 16:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]