ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73527
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| Date: | Sunday 31 July 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Blackburn L.1C Bluebird IV |
| Owner/operator: | Irish Airlines |
| Registration: | EI-AAO |
| MSN: | SB.249 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tramore Strand, Co.Waterford -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-G-ABJA (UK Register) from 03/03/1932: Re-registered in Eire as EI-AAO on 20/05/1932. Written off 31/07/1932: Aircraft damaged beyond repair and crashed on to the beach. The Bluebird was being demonstrated in front of a large Bank Holiday crowd at Tramore Strand. The pilot Mr Andy Woods, an exhibition pilot with Irish Airlines escaped serious injury when his aircraft nose-dived from approximately 60 feet. The aircraft was extensive damaged, with both wings snapped off and the fuselage 'crushed and torn, with steel ribs contorted into all shapes'.
Sources:
1. 70 Years of the Irish Civil Aircraft Register
by P J Hornfeck
BN Historians 1999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_EI-.html
3. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ABJA.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/76-register-gb-g-ab
5. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sar.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Mar-2010 03:48 | John Baker | Added |
| 06-Jan-2017 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2017 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2017 18:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
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