ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19762
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 March 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-260 Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | Max Coote t/a Lodge Flying Group |
| Registration: | G-ATOY |
| MSN: | 24-4346 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haberdashers' Aske's school playing field, near Elstree, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elstree Hertfordshire (EGTR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This 1966 Piper PA-24 Comanche 260B tail # 99 and named Myth Too was the aircraft in which British aviatrix, Sheila Scott, achieved 94 record breaking flights and completed two around the world flights.
The aircraft was bought from Sheila Scott by Max Coote of Ripmax Models on 24/1/1972. Written off when crashed at Elstree, Hertfordshire on 6/3/79. G-ATOY's accident was due to an engine failure after take-off from Elstree while flown by Max Coote. The oil pressure dropped to zero and the engine seized. Although badly damaged in the forced landing on the Haberdashers' Aske's school playing field, nobody was hurt.
The wreck was removed by the Royal Navy's Mobile Aircraft Repair and Transport Section then based at Lee-on-The-Solent. It was stored there for a while, this was the norm until investigations into the circumstances of the crash were investigated by the Department of Transport. RNAS Lee-on-the-Solent provided a secure venue for this purpose.
Registration G-ATOY cancelled by the CAA 14/5/79 as aircraft "destroyed". The wreckage the aircraft was declared an insurance write-off before being sold to the Museum of Flight that year in its unrestored state.
Due to its historical significance G-ATOY is now on display at the National Museum of Flight in Scotland
Sources:
1. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-PA-24-260-Comanche/0650533/L
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATOY.pdf
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?76076-Sheila-Scott-Piper-Aztec
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Scott
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2008 12:51 | Topaz | Added |
| 18-Aug-2012 19:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2013 21:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2013 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-May-2023 21:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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