ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26597
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 September 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Mooney Aviation |
| Registration: | G-CTHS |
| MSN: | 31-7952100 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saint-Agrève, Ardèche 07 -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT/LFTZ) |
| Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered in the UK on 14 May 1979 as G-CTHS to Hampson Investments Ltd., West Bromwich (but operated by Mooney Aviation). Written off 24 September 1980 when crashed at Saint-Agrève, Valence, Drôme, Ardèche department, southern France, whilst on a ferry/positioning flight from La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport (LTT/LFTZ) La Môle, 15 km (8 nautical miles) southwest of Saint-Tropez, France, to Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, UK (EGBO). The two crew on board (pilot and co pilot) were killed.
Registration G-CTHS cancelled by the CAA on 29 February 1984 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1980/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-valence-france-2-killed/]
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-CTHS.pdf
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-CTHS.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Dec-2010 14:50 | JerseyPilot | Updated [Registration] |
| 06-May-2015 23:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2015 23:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 06-May-2015 23:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2017 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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