ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19510
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| Date: | Saturday 7 June 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  AESL Airtourer 115/T2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AWOZ |
| MSN: | 507 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chew Magna, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during air display at Chew Magna, Somerset, 7/6/1975 whilst flying at low level. Both persons on board (pilot and passenger) killed. According to eyewitness reports (see link #1) the aircraft was attempting to perform low-level aerobatics ("loop the loop") but did so at too low an altitude to complete the loop.
Registration G-AWOZ cancelled by the CAA 29/12/1975 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Wings Over Somerset: Aircraft Crashes Since the End of World War II by Peter Forrester
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWOZ.pdf
3. http://www.dave.wise.btinternet.co.uk/DWAirtourer.htm
4. http://www.airtourer.asn.au/jupgrade/lists-by-serial-no-or-rego/63-list-by-serial-number
5. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENG-SOMERSET/2011-02/1298758202
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWAirtourer.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Aug-2012 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2012 15:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2013 07:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2013 07:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 26-Jul-2015 02:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2022 20:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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