ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19448
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| Date: | Saturday 30 April 1966 |
| Time: | 13:41hr |
| Type: | Taylorcraft Auster I |
| Owner/operator: | LINCOLN AERO CLUB |
| Registration: | G-AIRE |
| MSN: | 223 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spurn Head/Humber estuary, Yorkshire. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kirton-in-Lindsey |
| X Country & RTB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
POST T/O AND O/H IMMINGHAM ON TRACK TO SPURN POINT DESCENDED TO SEA LEVEL PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. FOLLOWING A FIRST RUN, PULL UP AND STEEP L/H TURN, LEVELLED OUT FOR A SECOND RUN. THE MANOUVRE WAS REPEATED WITH THE SECOND PULL UP AND STEEP L/H TURN WITH INSUFFICIENT HT TO COMPLETE THE TURN THE PORT WING CLIPPED THE SEA AND CARTWHEELED THE A/C.
BOTH OCCUPANTS EXTRICATED THEMSELVES AT THIS POINT. THE PILOT WAS BADLY SHAKEN WHEN SEEN IN THE WATER WITH A HEAD WOUND. THE SURVIVOR - ESTIMATED THE SHORE TO BE APPROXIMATELY 200/300 YARDS AWAY AND BY VARIOUS STROKES GOT TO WITHIN 100 YARDS WHEN
A NON-SWIMMER WITH A LOG SWAM OUT AND ENCOURAGED THE SURVIVOR TO KEEP GOING.
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE END OF MAY, THE PILOT'S BODY HAD BEEN WASHED ASHORE THE SAME BEACH AND FOUND BY A MAN WALKING HIS DOG. A COPY OF THE ACCIDENT REPORT WAS SENT TO THE SURVIVOR IN THE SEPTEMBER AND ITS CONCLUSION WAS ATTRIBUTED TO P/E.
I WAS THE SURVIVOR. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED 45 YEARS AGO. IT'S NOT SOMETHING EASILY FORGOTTEN AND IT TAUGHT ME A LOT. DESPITE THE ACCIDENT IT DID NOT STOP ME FLYING AND WENT ON TO ACCUMULATE OVER 4000 HR ON 42 TYPES.
PLATTMAN.
Registration G-AIRE cancelled by the CAA on 2/9/1966 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AIRE-3.pdf
https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19555
http://www.auster.ukf.net/p02.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=120
http://web.archive.org/web/20160313021817/http://www.lincolnaeroclub.co.uk/history.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2010 15:51 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature] |
| 03-Nov-2011 01:14 | PLATTMAN | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 13:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 04:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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