ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18294
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Sunday 21 January 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Auster J/1N Alpha |
| Owner/operator: | Anthony Leslie Young |
| Registration: | G-AJIP |
| MSN: | 2334 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles W of Longbridge Deverill, near Warminster, Wiltshire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Exeter, Devon |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed two miles west of Longbridge Deverill (a village and civil parish about 2.5 miles south of Warminster in Wiltshire) on 21/1/1973. According to a report in "Auster Quarterly" Vol 1 No 5:
"During September 1971, a replacement engine was located for the J /1N G-AJIP. It was in a Tiger Moth that had been earmarked for static exhibition at Keith Fordyce's museum at Torbay. The log-books indicated that sufficient hours were remaining to warrant a purchase, so a deal was struck which involved the fitting of G-AJIP's broken engine into the Tiger, after which the J/1N was fitted with a tow-bar and loaned to the Compton Abbas Gliding Club for the 1972 season. When the airfield closed later that year, the Alpha was returned to Kingweston from where it was sold to a Mr. Phillips of Warminster, on November 8th 1972. The aircraft was kept at Earl Trollope's strip at Longbridge Deverill until it was written-off in a crash after hitting trees in a valley two miles west of Longbridge Deverill."
Registration G-AJIP cancelled 16/8/1973 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. Mike Draper, Auster Quarterly Vol 1 No 5 (published 1976)
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AJIP-3.pdf
3. http://www.auster.ukf.net/p23.htm
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1030396/
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2229
Images:
circa 1958 G-AJIP giving pleasure rides at Exeter Airshow
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2012 13:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2017 19:40 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation