ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205185
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| Date: | Saturday 6 March 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AELA |
| MSN: | 3509 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Birney Hill Farm, Woolsington, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberlan -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland |
| Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered [C of R 7062] on 24.7.36 as G-AELA to The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club Ltd., Newcastle Municipal Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. C of A 5584 issued August 1936. Aircraft named "The Ringtonian", as it was owned (and piloted) by Samuel Smith, whose family owned the Ringtons Tea company of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (see link #6 for photo)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.3.37 when crashed on approach to Woolsington, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. Pilot/owner Samuel Smith walked away unhurt. Registration G-AELA cancelled by the Air Ministry later in March 1937 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
The reported crash location of Birney Hill Farm is a farm in Newcastle upon Tyne. Birney Hill Farm is situated west of Callerton Lane End, close to Birney Hill Windmill, at approximate coordinates 55° 1' 15.9" north, 1° 46' 16.2" west, four miles south west of Woolsington Airfield (the present day Newcastle Airport)
NOTE: Pilot/owner of Tiger Moth G-AELA was later killed, on 14.5.38, in the crash of Percival Vega Gull G-AFGU (see link #4). Having already crashed DH.60 Gypsy Moth G-EBYV on 30.6.36, and DH.82 Tiger Moth G-AELA on 6.3.37, that made three crashes in three years by the same pilot, but it was not to be "third time lucky" for him!
Sources:
1. https://www.afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/79-register-gb-g-ae
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AELA.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A9.html
4. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/lakes/afgu.html
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p035.html
6. http://aircrashesnearstanleyandconsett.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 00:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Jul-2021 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 30-Jul-2021 16:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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