ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18682
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| Date: | Sunday 14 July 1974 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna FRA.150L Aerobat (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | David R.H. Green (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-AZXF |
| MSN: | FRA150-0144 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Humber, near Read's Island, Barton-upon-Humber -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Cessna FRA.150L Aerobat (Reims) G-AZXF: Written off 14/7/1974 when crashed into the River Humber near Read's Island, Barton-on-Humber, North Lincolnshire. According to a contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (August 1974):
"Cessna Aerobat G-AZXF belonging to Mr. David Green crashed into the River Humber on July 14th near Read's Island, approximately 500 yards offshore from the south bank of the river. Mr. Green was picked up by a Goole Barge, which was at the scene with an aircraft from Kirmington and an RAF Whirlwind from Leconfield. In the latter half of July, the Aerobat was noted at Hull's Alexandra Dock"
Registration cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") 16/9/1975. Remains dumped at Paull Airfield, Hull (photographed there 27/2/77 - see link #6)
Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice, on the Humber Estuary in England. The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island, and a report from 1979 says that it was reclaimed. However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of "Old Warp" and is shown on the 1734 Customs Map of the Humber where Read's Island now lays, and extending further downstream.
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AZXF.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamborough_Head
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1419771/
4. Yorkshire Air News (August 1974): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1974%2008.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%27s_Island
6. G-AZXF on 23/3/1974: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1428610/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Sep-2011 10:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2012 16:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2012 19:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2015 16:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 14:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 14:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 23:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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