ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234118
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| Date: | Sunday 1 April 1956 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AKGR |
| MSN: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blackpool (Squires Gate) Airport, Blackpool (BLK/EGNH) |
| Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Miles Magister T9695. First civil registered (C of R 11905/1) as G-AKGR on 8/9/47. Note that the aircraft's registration document used the former RAF Serial T9695 as the c/no. instead of the official Miles c/no. 1982. Between September 1947 and March 1956, sold on and re-registered five times, as follows:
8/9/47: First registered (C of R 11905/1) as G-AKGR to the Bournemouth Flying Club Ltd., Bournemouth, Christchurch, Hampshire. One source (see link #6) stated "G-AKGR Miles Hawk Trainer, Stored at Christchurch 1946-54", which implies that the aircraft was not flown during this period
1/1/53: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
12/1/53: Sold on and re-registered (with new C of R R282/2) to Thomas Hutton Marshall, Wimborne, Dorset
6/3/54: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
22/3/54: Sold on and re-registered (C of R R282/3) to Hants & Sussex Aviation, Portsmouth Airport, Portsmouth, Hampshire
11/2/55: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
16/3/55: Sold on and re-registered (C of R R282/4) to Vivian Hampson Bellamy, Southampton, Hampshire
27/2/56: Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale
1/3/56: Sold on and re-registered (C of R R282/5) to Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club, Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire
1/4/56: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent. Aircraft destroyed when caught fire after impact. A couple of contemporary newspaper reports give further details:
"Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 2 April 1956
TWO ESCAPE PLANE BLAZE AFTER CRASH
Two men were slightly hurt when their light two-seater plane crashed at Lympne, Kent, yesterday. The plane, which had flown from Blackpool, was entangled in pine trees in a garden. After the pilot and passenger had freed themselves the plane fell on to the lawn and burst into flames.
Coventry Evening Telegraph - Monday 2 April 1956
AIRCRAFT CRASHES
The pilot, Mr. Colin W. Carleton, of Highfield Avenue, Preston, and his passenger, Mr. George W. Austin, of Lymings, near Folkestone, were slightly injured when a two-seater light aircraft crashed while landing at Lympne, Kent, yesterday."
16/6/56: Registration G-AKGS cancelled as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 2 April 1956
2. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Monday 2 April 1956
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKGR-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AKGR-2.pdf
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
6. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/xchbook/paged240813.pdf p.163
7. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/xchbook/xchpart3-061019.pdf p.88
8. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16053.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2020 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Jun-2023 09:57 | Nepa | Updated |
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