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| Date: | Monday 3 April 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Government of French Indo-China |
| Registration: | F-OABU |
| MSN: | 5176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tan Son Nhut Airport (SGN/VVTS) Tân Bình district, Ho Chi Minh City -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tan Son Nhut Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul (c/no 5176 ex-RAF Airspeed Oxford AT657 [original c/no 3826]. Registered (C of R 11663/1) 14.8.47 as G-AJWZ to Airspeed Ltd., Portsmouth. Registration G-AJWZ cancelled 28.4.48 as
sold abroad. C of A issued 14.6.48.
Re-registerd in France as F-OABU 5.7.49 to Government of French Indo-China (Haut Commissaire de France en Indochine), Saigon.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Tan Son Nhut, French Indo-China (now Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam) 3.4.50. Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. All three occupants (pilot and two passengers) were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. It was completing a flight on behalf of the French Indochina Government (Haut Commissaire de France en Indochine).
Registration F-OABU cancelled 28.2.52 as destroyed.
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AJWZ.pdf
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/F-OABU.html
4. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AJWZ.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as65-consul-saigon
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Son_Nhat_International_Airport#History
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2011 08:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2017 21:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2017 21:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 08-May-2017 23:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2018 18:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Mar-2025 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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