ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82660
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 26-SEP-1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-160 |
| Operator: | Don Everall (Aviation) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ARVR |
| C/n / msn: | 28-280 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pendeford Airfield, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pendeford Airfield, Wolverhampton |
One of the first Cherokees on the UK register (G-ARUP was the first), it was short lived, being damaged beyond repair at Wolverhampton on 26 September 1965. The aircraft failed to lift off on its take off run, crashed into the airfield boundary fence and then into the canal. Nobody on board was killed.
Registration G-ARVR cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority 5 January 1966 as "PWFU" ("Presumed Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARVR.pdf
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1175624
http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/articles/Pendeford/Airport.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2010 02:46 | VHKDK | Added |
| 15-Jan-2012 11:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2012 13:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2013 06:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
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