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| Date: | Friday 8 February 1980 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Brantly B-2B |
| Owner/operator: | Mr M J and Mrs G M Page t/a Page Strumpshaw |
| Registration: | G-AVCA |
| MSN: | 466 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Strumpshaw, 6 miles south-east of Norwich, Norfolk -
United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Norwich Airport (NWI/EGSH) |
| Destination airport: | Strumpshaw, 6 miles SE of Norwich, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (Destroyed) in a landing accident near Strumpshaw, Norfolk 8.2.80.
Strumpshaw is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the northern bank of the River Yare around 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of Norwich.
Sources:
1.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/misc/Brantly.pdf 2. G-AVCA History 1966-1979:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AVCA.pdf 3.
https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AVCA.html 4. G-AVCA at Kidlington, Oxfordshire June 1975:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/egbj/8203440842/in/photolist-duUMad-2pY1Luj-2jD4scf-2pY7K5K-2BptV 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strumpshaw
History of this aircraft
G-AVCA Brantly B.2B MSN 466 (C of R R.9314/1). Built on the new Wichita, KS production line in 1967
Registered 18.11.66 to British Executive Air Services (B.E.A.S) Ltd. Appeared in The Avengers TV series episode \'The Interrogators\' in 1969.
Brantly B.2B N4450 had crashed in the USA 2.7.67 and the registration was cancelled 3.12.69 as \'exported to the UK\' where it was reported as being at Kidlington in 1970 as a spares source for G-AVCA – reason not known.
G-AVCA registration was cancelled 28.4.70 and re-registered (C of R R.9314/2) 20.5.70 to Lusair Ltd, London WC.1 and based at Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Registration cancelled 29.10.76 and re-registered (C of R G-AVCA/R3) the same day to Peter John Smith, Codsall, Wrottesley, Wolverhampton, and based at Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport, Bobbington, Staffordshire.
Registration cancelled 8.8.79 and re-registered (C of R G-AVCA/R4) same day to Mr Michael John and Mrs Gillian Margaret Page t/a Page Strumpshaw, Norwich and based at Norwich.
Registration G-AVCA belatedly cancelled (and airframe de-registered) by the CAA 14.7.86
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Sep-2024 09:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
| 25-Sep-2024 09:32 |
ASN |
Updated [Narrative, ] |