ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69807
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 1972 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 loc |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Commanche |
| Owner/operator: | F.J. Wallis |
| Registration: | G-AVSJ |
| MSN: | 30-1327 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mont Verdun, Limonest, NW of Lyon -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Troyes–Barberey Airport (LFQB) |
| Lyon–Bron Airport (LFLY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed at Mont Verdum, north-west of Lyon, France [at approximate Coordinates: 45°51′00″N, 4°47′00″E] whilst en route from Troyes to Lyon-Bron on 21.4.72, killing all 3 on board. Registration G-AVSJ formally cancelled by the CAA same day as aircraft "destroyed"
Rough English translation of contemporary French report:
"On 23 April 1972, around 5 pm, a Piper PA 30 Twin Commanche, registered G-AVSJ belonging to the CSE company based at Oxford Airport, in very poor weather, struck the northern flank of Mont Verdun, in the commune of Limonest.
The aircraft which came from England, after stops in Persan-Beaumont, Beauvais, and Troyes, went to Bron, to continue his trip to Florence. The pilot, F.J. WALLIS, and his two passengers were killed in this accident."
Note: Although widely reported at the time (and since) as being owned by C.S.E (Aircraft Services) Ltd of Kidlington, Oxfordshire - they had owned it since new on 25.7.67 - it had been sold to its new owner, F.J Wallis, on 2.2.72. The actual crash took place on 21.4.72, but the wreckage was not discovered until two days later - hence the widely reported crash date of 23.4.72
Sources:
1. http://pagesperso-orange.fr/espacesaerienslyon/rhone2.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AVSJ.pdf
3. http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AG05543-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2009 03:41 | harro | Added |
| 15-Jul-2012 13:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2012 13:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2015 00:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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