Date:	Saturday 29 August 1959
Time:
Type:	Percival P.40 Prentice T Mk 1
Owner/operator:	Aviation Traders Ltd
Registration:	G-AOPW
MSN:	PAC/244
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Barton, Lancashire (EGCB) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	Southend (EGMC) Essex
Destination airport:	Barton (EGCB) Lancashire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed and burnt out whilst demonstrating at Barton.

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AOPW.pdf
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1078391/
http://www.southendtimeline.com/percivalprentice.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ok2-FKzitE&list=WL&index=6

Ex-RAF Prentice VS628: sold to Belgium as OO-CDW, but sale fell through and registration not taken up.
Registered as G-AOPW to Aviation Traders Ltd on 30/5/1956.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
24-Nov-2012 19:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
18-Jul-2023 13:43	planenutz	Updated
18-Nov-2024 07:20	Ricklehurst	Updated [Source, ]
18-Nov-2024 07:22	ASN	Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ]