ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27835
Last updated: 25 October 2020
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| Date: | 03-JAN-1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-300 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Yewlands Engineering Company Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AZTL |
| C/n / msn: | 31-589 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Stapleford Tawney, Abridge, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Stapleford Tawney, Essex (EGSG) |
Built 1970: First UK registered as G-AZTL (C of R 12790/1) on 28.4.1972 to Webster Aviation Ltd., London W.1 (aircraft based at Leaveden, Hertfordshire). Registration cancelled/expired 17.7.1972. Registration restored (C of R 12790/2) on 26.7.1972 to Yewlands Engineering Company Ltd., Hainault, Essex
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3.1.1973: Hit tree on approach to Stapleford Tawney, Essex (EGSG) and destroyed. Registration G-ATZL cancelled by the CAA on 2.2.73 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AZTL.pdf
2. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf
3. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Yewlands-Engineering-Co-Ltd/Piper-PA-31-Navajo/2076642
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-united-kingdom-0
5. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AZTL.html
Images:
Photo of G-AZTL courtesy AirHistory.net
London - Heathrow (EGLL / LHR)
; (c) M D West
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Mar-2011 08:12 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2012 16:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2015 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2017 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2018 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2018 20:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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