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    Airframe Family: Avro 748 Andover / HS-748 / BAe-748
    Latest Model:HS-748-1
    Construction Number:1549
    Last Civil Registration:9N-ACM
    Compressed ID:Avro HS-748-1 cn 1549 cr 9N-ACM
    Latest Owner or Location:Necon Air

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    Dates

    Event

    1963

    Constructed as a HS-748-1.

    From April 1963 to 1971

    To BKS Air Transport with new c/r G-ARRW.

    From March 1967 to December 1967

    Leased to Skyways Coach Air.

    1971

    To Skyways International keeping c/r G-ARRW.

    By 1972

    To Dan-Air London keeping c/r G-ARRW.

    Circa August 1973


    Photographer: David A. Montgomery
    Notes: n a short-lived colour scheme, G-ARRW Avro 748 Srs1A/106 taxis for departure from Prestwick, probably on a summer service to the Isle of Man. These colours were applied to four 748s acquired when Dan-Air bought Skyways International out of administration in April 1972, forming a new subsidiary company, Dan-Air Skyways. This was fully integrated into Dan-Air in 1974, with the aircraft assuming the standard red livery.

    2 May 1981


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: At Glasgow Airport, Scotland

    By 1986

    To Ryanair with new c/r EI-BSE.

    Circa 29 May 1986


    Photographer: Kerry Taylor
    Notes: At Luton Airport

    1990

    To British Independent Airways with new c/r G-ARRW.

    January 1992

    To Clewer Aviation keeping c/r G-ARRW.

    February 1992

    To Clewer Aviation with new c/r G-MRRV.

    November 1992

    To Necon Air with new c/r 9N-ACM.

    6 November 1997

    Involved in an incident.
    At Pokhara Airport (PKR) in Nepal - The aircraft suffered a hydraulic system failure after landing and ran off the runway. The pilot managed to steer the plane back on the runway after 100 m, but the HS-748 ran off the left side onto the ramp and struck another HS-748 (9N-ACW, Nepal Airways), which was parked engineless.
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