ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140265
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| Date: | Friday 22 September 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
| Owner/operator: | Avitor Air Services Ltd, |
| Registration: | 4X-AEN |
| MSN: | 5132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lydda Airport, Lod -
 Israel
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Lydda Airport, Lod, Israel (TLV/LLBG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5132 (ex-RAF Oxford V4159). First civil Registered (Certificate of Registry 11403) as G-AJLN 29.4.47 to Chartair Ltd, Hanworth. Cancelled 9.7.47 and re-registered 10.7.47 (next day) to Transair Ltd, Croydon. Certificate of Airwortiness 9312 issued 10.7.47. Cancelled 4.9.47 and registered (next day) 5.9.47 to Airspeed Ltd.
Cancelled 8.4.49 and re-registered 12.4.49 to The English Electric Co Ltd, Samlesbury. (Certificate of Registry Number amended to R1229 in 1950). Cancelled 19.3.53 and re-registered 30.3.53 to Aeroservices [London] Ltd, London W1.
Registration G-AJLN cancelled 8.4.53 as "sold to Israel". Registered 4X-AEN 4.5.53 to the Department of Civil Aviation, Lydda. Re-registered [by 30.9.61] to Avitor Air Services Ltd, Tel Aviv.
Written off (Badly damaged) in a wheels-up landing at Lydda Airport, Lod, Israel, 22.9.61. Presumably damaged beyond economic repair, and aircraft scrapped, as registration cancelled 30.4.63
Sources:
1. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJLN-1.pdf
3. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJLN-2.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gurion_International_Airport
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2011 00:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-May-2017 00:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2017 00:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
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