ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24932
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| Date: | Friday 14 January 1938 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Spartan Cruiser Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ACYK |
| MSN: | 101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | The Hill of Stake near Largs, Ayrshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Renfrew Airport, Glasgow |
| Campbelltown, Mull of Kintyre | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spartan Cruiser Mk.III (Gipsy Major); Registered as G-ACYK (C of R 5366) 2.5.35 to Spartan Aircraft Ltd, East Cowes, Isle of Wight. C of A issued 16.4.35. Delivered 20.4.35 to Spartan Air Lines Ltd, Heston [purchased at cost of £3,200]. Transferred 10.35 to British Airways Ltd; registered to them (C of R 6896) 9.4.36. Sold 30.6.36 and re-registered (C of R 7280) 19.8.36 to Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd; re-registered to them 19.8.36, but not delivered until 1.6.37. Reformed 12.8.37 as Scottish Airways Ltd [but not so re-registered].
Written off 14.1.38: Crew left Glasgow end afternoon on a cargo flight to Campbelltown with a load of movie spools on board. In flight, bad weather conditions forced the crew to return to Glasgow but aircraft was flying too low and hit The Hill of Stake located near Largs, Ayrshire. Both pilots were injured while the aircraft was destroyed. Crew walked away and found help.
Causes: Aircraft was flying too low due to an altimeter malfunction.
Registration G-ACYK formally cancelled by the CAA on 2.6.38 as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use". However, the wreckage was recovered from where it crashed on 25.7.73 by a Sea King from HMS Gannet and the fuselage has been preserved at East Fortune ever since.
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-spartan-cruiser-iii-near-largs
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ACYK.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartan_Cruiser#Survivors
4. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/cruiser_hill-of-stake.htm
5. http://clydeside-images.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/spartan-cruiser-crash.html
6. http://www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Aircraft-Crashes-in-CMRP1.pdf
7. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/77-register-gb-g-ac
8. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A6.html
9. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sim.html
10. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-ACYK
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Sep-2011 06:30 | ryan | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2013 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 13:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 13:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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