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| Date: | Saturday 2 November 1935 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Pitcairn PA-19 |
| Owner/operator: | Hon. A.E. Guinness |
| Registration: | G-ADAM |
| MSN: | H-89 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Newtownards Airport, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newtownards Airport, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland (EGAD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-NC13288 (US Registry). First registered in the UK (C of R 5493) on 11.12.34 to the Hon Arthur Ernest Guinness, London SW1 (although the aircraft was based at Southampton). US C of A No E1265 validated under C of V No 70 issued 27.12.34. Registration G-ADAM cancelled 2.11.35 after a crash at Newtownards Airport, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, prior to C of V expiry 26.12.35.
Note the owner and pilot was Arthur *Ernest* Guinness not Arthur Edwards, who had died in 1915.
Note that the date "2 November 1935" is purely a "nominal date", the date that the registration G-ADAM was cancelled by the Air Ministry due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft". It is not the actual date that G-ADAM crashed; it is known to have been wrecked in a crash at Newtownards at some date in mid/late 1935
Only four Pitcairn PA-19s were built, and two of them (G-ADAM and G-ADBE) were owned by the Hon Arthur Edward Guinness. (G-ADBE appears to have been the last surviving example of the type: it was stored during WW 2 and the registration cancelled 1.12.46 although not physically scrapped until 1950 at Kenley, Surrey).
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ADAM.pdf
3. http://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/78-register-gb-g-ad
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_PA-19
5. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/gyro-spotters/conversations/messages/151
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2017 23:52 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jun-2025 18:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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