Incident Hawker Audax Mk I K7350,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2395
 
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Date:Friday 6 August 1937
Time:day
Type:Hawker Audax Mk I
Owner/operator:2 FTS RAF
Registration: K7350
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Carn Fadryn, 2 miles NW of Penrhos, Caernarvonshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Penrhos, Caernavonshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hawker Audax Mk.I K7350 of 2 FTS RAF: Written off (destroyed) 6/8/37 when flew into hill in bad visibility at Garn Fadryn, Llŷn Peninsula, 2 miles North West of Penrhos, Caernarvonshire. The aircraft was on detached gunnery training at Penrhos when it flew into Garn Fadryn (1,250 feet) in cloud at approximate co ordinates: 52°53′ 8.56″ N, 4°33′ 38.77″ W. Both crewmen survived.

Sources:

1. Doylerush, E, 2002, No Landing Place: A Guide to Aircraft Crashes in Snowdonia, p 92
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 60)
3. http://www.walesher1974.org/herumd.php?group=CPAT&level=3&docid=301366163
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carn_Fadryn

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Feb-2008 08:23 JINX Added
05-Mar-2018 15:47 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Nov-2018 20:20 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]

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