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| Date: | Friday 28 October 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gardan GY-80-160 Horizon |
| Owner/operator: | S.M. Baron (Manchester) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATDG |
| MSN: | 101 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ramsbottom, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Barton (EGCB) |
| Coventry/Baginton (CVT/EGBE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 28/10/1977 when flew into high ground at Ramsbottom, Lancashire, killing both person on board (pilot and passenger). The owner of this aircraft had only acquired it two days before the crash, on 26/10/1977.
Registration G-ATDG belatedly cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") on 3/2/1982
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATDG-2.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978
3. http://avionsgardan.org/all-the-gardan-gy80/the-status-of-all-the-gardan-gy80/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jul-2012 10:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2015 13:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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