ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28629
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| Date: | Saturday 21 November 1959 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Patrick Lawlor |
| Registration: | G-AJXE |
| MSN: | 5164 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elstree Airport, Elstree, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elstree. Hertfordshire (ETR/EGTR) |
| Elstree, Hertfordshire (ETR/EGTR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5164 (ex-RAF Oxford HN734). First civil registered (C of R 11668) 16.6.47 as G-AJXE to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Gatwick. C of A 9598 issued 23.9.47. C of R No changed to R810 in 1950. Re-registered 19.1.54 to Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation. Registration cancelled 17.11.55 and re-registered 29.11.55 to BKS Aviation Ltd, Southend. Registration cancelled 30.10.56 and re-registered 8.11.56 to Thomas Denis [Mike] Keegan, Southend. Registration cancelled 12.10.59 and re-registered 20.10.59 to Patrick Lawlor, London W8.
Written off (presumably damaged beyond repair) when badly damaged on landing at Elstree. Hertfordshire 21.11.59. Remains dumped at Elstree in June 1961. Registration cancelled 29.9.64 as P.W.F.U. ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJXE.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1181858/
4. https://www.cafuhistory.com/1944---49.html
5. G-AJXE at Elstree 14.4.61: https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?36444-Scrapyard-Photos-Any-More&p=1781258
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1959/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-65-consul-in-united-kingdom-4/]
7. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/2dd6b616-b6a7-46b4-a26b-f23b83fea92b
8. https://www.cafuhistory.com/1950---59.html
9. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwhitworth/5539451650
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Dec-2011 08:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2012 07:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 23:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2017 23:47 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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