ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18642
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| Date: | Friday 13 May 1966 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna F172G Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Westair Flying Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATMO |
| MSN: | F172-0269 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plymouth/Roborough Airport, Plymouth, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leeds/Bradford Airport, Yeadon, West Yorkshire (LBA) |
| Plymouth/Roborough, Plymouth, Devon (EGHD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R R8840/1) on 6/1/66 to Westair Flying Services Ltd., Blackpool, Lancashire.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on Landing at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon (EGHD) on 13/5/66. Registration cancelled 15/7/66 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"); the CAA having been notified on 27/6/66
One published source (see links #2 and #3) states that the wreckage was bought by Northair Ltd (a Cessna dealer) at Yeadon (Leeds-Bradford Airport) for spares and parts recovery, and was delivered to them on 16/6/1966. It was still in use as such in January 1968 with Yorkshire Light Aircraft Ltd (present at Leeds-Bradford but damaged and incomplete)**
(**See link #3, which states "Also on the airfield are the remains of the following which are being used for spares: Cessna 172s G-ARFJ, G-ATMO, and G-AVDC")
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ATMO.pdf
2. Yorkshire Air News August 1967: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1967%2008.PDF
3. Yorkshire Air News February 1968: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1968%2002.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Nov-2010 03:58 | VHKDK | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2011 07:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2012 18:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2015 21:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2015 10:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2015 10:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2016 19:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2017 18:20 | Fallda | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport] |
| 03-Apr-2020 20:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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