ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18968
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Date: | Saturday 24 April 1976 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee Six |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | G-AWCZ |
MSN: | 32-225 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chirk Airfield, near Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Chirk Airfield, Wrexham, Clwyd |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Engine failure on take off from Chirk; tried to abort take off, but ran out of (and off the end of the) runway. Damaged airframe retained for ground instructional use, in fake markings as 'G-AWOZ' at Cranfield (EGTC) - photographed as such 2.9.1977 and again on 6.9.1981 (see photos below)
Registration G-AWCZ belatedly cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" 29.2.84
Sources:
1.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWCZ.pdf 2.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976l 3.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976 4.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-May-2008 11:10 |
ASN archive |
Added |
22-Jul-2009 07:34 |
Anon. |
Updated |
15-Jul-2012 16:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
08-Mar-2015 19:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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