ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25914
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Date: | Tuesday 31 October 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed AS.65 Consul |
Owner/operator: | Air Jordan |
Registration: | TJ-ABA |
MSN: | 5175 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Atarot Airport, Jerusalem -
Israel
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Atarot Airport, Jerusalem, Israel (JRS/LLJR) |
Destination airport: | Marka International Airport, Amman, Jordan (ADJ/OJAM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Airspeed AS.65 Consul c/n 5175 ex-RAF Oxford EB974. First civil registered (Certificate of Registry 11662) 14.8.47 as G-AJWY to Airspeed Ltd. Registration cancelled 10.3.48 as "sold abroad as VR-TAU". Certificate of Airworthiness issued 25.3.48.
Registered in Tanganyika as VR-TAU 30.3.48 to United Air Services Ltd, Dar-es-Salaam.
Reverted to G-AJWY 2.8.50 to W.A. Rollason Ltd, Croydon. Certificate of Registry Number changed to R985 in 1950. Registration cancelled 2.9.50 as "sold abroad". Registered in Jordan as TJ-ABA 30.9.50 to Air Jordan, Amman.
Written off 31.10.1950: Crashed on takeoff at Jerusalem-Atarot Airport for unknown reason. While all six occupants (pilot and five passengers) were rescued, the aircraft was written off.
Sources:
1.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/airspeed%20oxford%20&%20consul.pdf 2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1950/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-65-consul-in-jerusalem/]
3.
https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJWY.pdf 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarot_Airport Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
08-Dec-2011 04:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
09-May-2017 00:05 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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