ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18927
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| Date: | Saturday 21 January 1978 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-160 Tri Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ARGL |
| MSN: | 22-5898 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Barton (EGCB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 21/01/1978 when crashed at Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire while on a flight from Barton, killing all three on board (pilot and two passengers). According to a contemporary TV news report (see item #2)
"Two men and a woman have been killed in a light plane crash at Horwich in Lancashire. The plane is believed to have taken off from Barton Airfield at Manchester. It crashed into a stone wall scattering wreckage across an adjoining road.
And per an eyewitness report:
"I saw it fly over my house in Great Lever, Bolton between 1 and 1.30 pm. It was so low, I could easily read its registration on the underside of its wings. I remember reading about the crash in the paper."
Registration G-ARGL belatedly cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" 11.7.84
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARGL-2.pdf
2. http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/mediaContent/open/scripts/1978/19780121_EE_01_ITV.pdf (script from TV news report into the crash)
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1200268/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2010 14:26 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2012 16:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2015 12:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2015 12:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2021 19:36 | Anon. | Updated [Phase] |
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