ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18942
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Date: | Sunday 24 October 1976 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140C Cherokee |
Owner/operator: | West London Aero Services Ltd |
Registration: | G-AYDT |
MSN: | 28-26558 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bristol Channel, off Weston-Super Mare, Somerset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ditched into the Bristol Channel off Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, 24/10/1976 after running out of fuel. The pilot managed to escape from the crashed aircraft but unfortunately he was never found.
Registration G-AYDT cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 31/1/1977
Sources:
1.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYDT.pdf 2.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1977/1977%20-%201176.PDF 3.
http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf 4.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12749704 5.
http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/Gloucestershire%20Aircraft%20Accidents.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
13-Jun-2009 23:20 |
VHKDK |
Updated |
29-Aug-2012 13:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
06-Dec-2014 02:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jul-2015 22:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
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