ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30898
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 14-JUN-1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles M.57 Aerovan 4 |
| Operator: | North Sea Air Transport |
| Registration: | G-AISG |
| C/n / msn: | 6405 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Croydon Airport, Surrey (EGCR) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, London (EGCR) |
Stalled and crashed on take-off from Croydon Airport, Surrey on 14/06/1947 with a load of 604 racing pigeons and two passengers aboard. One person (the pilot) was killed. The later AAIB report attributed the crash to the aircraft having been overloaded by some 446 lbs (202 kilos) more than the maximum take off weight
Registration G-AISG cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority as "crashed" on 09/12/1947: exactly one year to the day after it was first registered
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AISG.pdf
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/394321-croydon-aerodrome-air-safety-2.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2012 13:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2012 10:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2012 12:00 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 06:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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