SE-API Percival P.44 Proctor Mk V

[Paul R Compton]

SE-API
Percival P.44 Proctor Mk V
C/n Ae.1(a)
YoM 1945
194510xx Purchased by Hans Österman, Stockholm GBP 2,700
19451115 British CofA #7264 as SE-API Aero-Service, Stockholm
19460105 Ir CofA/CofR AB Aero-Service, Stockholm
19460108 Appl for Reg, AB Aero-Service, Stockholm
19460112 CofA #507
19460112 Reg CofR #417 AB Aero-Service, Stockholm (använt för postflygningar till Stockholms skärgård 19460218-0427)
19460707 Accident Bromma, engine failure at height of ca.20m, brakes failed on landing and a/c hit stones after overrunning runway. RH gear and wing torn off, LH gear and prop sustained damage. Repaired by Ostermans, Norrköping
19471010 Ostermans Aero AB, Stockholm (name change)
19480730 Incident Norrköping/KUngsängen, hit by SE-HAC during engine test runs with damage to RH wing and fuselage fabric
1951xxxx K Elling, Göteborg (unofficial)
19520509 BofS K Elling, Göteborg/Motorfirman U Ranch, Göteborg
19520718 New CofR #417/176 Motorfirman U Ranch, Göteborg
19530425 BofS Motorfirman U Ranch, Göteborg/C-G Sandzén, Alingsås & K Elling, Göteborg
19530520 New CofR #417/276 C-G Sandzén, Alingsås & K Elling, Göteborg
19540416 Incident Torslanda, prop strike when a/c stood on nose whilst taxying to start
19540507 Accident Marrakesh, Morocco, groundlooped on landing, damage to landing gear, wing spar and RH wing
19580115 CofA lapsed until 19580510
19580415 Tft/Temp permit to fly for test flights + ferry SAGB-SAMM valid 19580421-0502
19580429 Tft/Temp permit to fly for test flights valid 19580503-09
19581205 AB Eso, Göteborg
195905xx Incident 9 km E of Höganäs, emergency landing
19590916 Tft/Temp permit to fly, ferry Höganäs-Torslanda
19610514 BofS AB Eso, Göteborg/G Genheden & S Söderman, Norrtälje (sale aborted)
19620504 J Qvistberg, Stockholm
19620721 CofA lapsed
19630216 S Zetterbom, Säter/Östersund
196505xx Parked at Torslanda ”kan disponeras som övningobjekt vid brandövning under förutsättning att ägaren SZ fortfarande icke föranstaltat om planets omhändertagande och besiktningmannen beretts tillfälle att undersöka och isärtaga planet.”
19650831 Cancelled as Unairworthy since at least three years

Source credits: Riksarkivet, LFV Centralarkivet, Benny Karlsson för haveri/tillbud info 1946/59

[Sven-Erik Jönsson]

Från Nils Olof Andersson har vi tacksamt mottagit detta foto på SE-API.

SE-API på Torslanda. Foto: Torsten Martinsson ca 1947-49