ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33801
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1969 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna 172D |
| Owner/operator: | Dr. Henry (Harry) Oscar Holm |
| Registration: | G-ASPT |
| MSN: | 172-49675 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Christchurch Airfield, Christchurch, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Airport, Southampton, Hampshire |
| Bournemouth Airport, Hurn, Dorset (BOH/EGHH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Cessna 172D G-ASPT, at the time owned by Dr. Henry (Harry) Oscar Holm, crashed on landing at Christchurch Aerodrome on 16 July 1969. A contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (November 1969) states "force landed 3 miles east of Hurn and damaged"
However, the CAA records the ownership of the Cessna as being sold on and ownership transferred on 12-5-1970 to Charles Herbert Parker, of Wimborne, Dorset and its registration subsisting until 7-8-1984, when it was deleted as 'permanently withdrawn from use'. Possible intended for repairs/rebuild, or as use as a source of spares, which would account for it "lingering on" the UK civil register for up to 14 years.
However, a website on the subject of the airstrip at Dairy House Farm, Nantwich, Cheshire (Alongside the B5074, North of Worleston, 2.5 nautical miles North of Nantwich - see link #5): "In the mid 1970s it seems only one aircraft was based here, the Cessna 172D G-ASPT" which would indicate that G-ASPT was still flying long after its 16-7-1969 accident...
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ASPT.pdf
2. Yorkshire Air News, November 1969: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1969%2011.PDF
3. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=16949.0
4. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/LA00344-1
5. https://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Dairy-House-Farm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jul-2020 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2020 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 21-Jul-2020 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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