ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231359
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| Date: | Saturday 20 December 1947 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: | Percival Proctor Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | Astral Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHTD |
| MSN: | Ae.60 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Cologne, Germany (CGN/EDDK) |
| Lympne Airport, Lympne, Kent (LYM/EGMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Proctor Mk.V: First civil registered (C of R 10324/1; C of A 7947) as G-AHTD on 24.6.46 to Arthus Charles Leatham Barnett t/a Northern Air Charter, West Hartlepool, County Durham. Registration cancelled 27.8.47.
Re-registered (C of A 10324/2) on 3.2.48 to Astral Aviation Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland (aircraft based at Newcastle Airport, Woolsington).
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20.12.47 when crashed at Flushing (Vlissingen), Zeeland, Netherlands. According to a rough translation (from Dutch into English) of the accident (see link #3):
"20.12.1947 G-AHTD Percival Proctor V Ae.60 Vlissingen
The pilot was traveling with a passenger on his way from Cologne [Germany] to Lympne [Kent, UK. When he came to fly over the North Sea, the weather became so bad, due to the fine drizzle and the low clouds, that he decided to return and carry out a precautionary landing.
At 1.10 pm he appeared above the former airport of Souburg, which he had already explored at low altitude on the way there at 12.30 pm. During the war, the field was made unusable by ditches, he apparently was not aware of this, and moreover, he had not noticed those ditches during his exploration.
When he landed on it, he could still jump over the first ditch, but he could not dodge the next one. The aircraft came to a halt in this last ditch, causing serious damage. The pilot and passenger remained unharmed."
Registration G-AHTD cancelled by the Secretary of State, Air Ministry 26.9.49 as "aircraft not worth repair"
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 217/2106: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576260
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AHTD.pdf
3. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1947.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlissingen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2019 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Dec-2019 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2022 16:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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