ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191560
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 November 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper J3C-65 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-KURK |
| MSN: | 11527 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Gambella -
 Ethiopia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ad-Damazin, Sudan |
| Gambella, Ethiopia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper J3C-65 Cub, named "Liberty Girl II", is reported missing on a three-hour flight from Ad-Damazin, Sudan to Gambella, Ethiopia. The pilot, Maurice Kirk (72), was participating in the Vintage Air Rally from Crete to Cape Town.
The Vintage Air Rally committee earlier announced that mr Kirk had to withdraw from the Rally: "This decision was taken due to a mismatch in expectations between the organisers and the participant."
Instead of returning to Khartoum at the advice of the Air Rally committee, he continued the flight south to Gambella.
The aircraft had suffered an engine failure while landing at Khartoum earlier.
The pilot is said to have survived the incident.
In 2008 Mr Kirk had to ditch his Piper Cub G-KIRK in the Caribbean Sea, off Puerto Plata.
Sources:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-pilot-missing-africa-after-9314871
https://www.facebook.com/VintageAirRally/posts/547022328825315
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ebc.et/web/ennews/-/british-pilot-missing-in-africa-after-vanishing-during-vintage-plane-race]
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8117845
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=2164
https://www.pipercubforum.com/sydney.htm
https://www.pipercubforum.com/gkirk.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/23/maurice-kirk-british-pilot-missing-vintage-plane-rally-piper-cub
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2016 14:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Nov-2016 14:19 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2016 17:02 | Geno | Updated [Country, Source] |
| 23-Nov-2016 19:21 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Nov-2016 07:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2016 10:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Damage] |
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