ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245098
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| Date: | Saturday 4 September 1971 |
| Time: | daysome wrec |
| Type: |  Cessna F150H Reims |
| Owner/operator: | Hewitts Investment Company Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AWUK |
| MSN: | F150-0344 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Cessna F150H Reims G-AWUK: First UK registered (C of R R.10538/1) 25 November 1968 to Rogers Aviation Ltd., Bedford. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 3 September 1969. Sold on and re-registered (C of R R.10538/2) to Hewitts Investment Company Ltd., Cranleigh, Surrey.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 4 September 1971 when crashed on take off from Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex.
Registration G-AWUK cancelled by the CAA on 13 April 1973 as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"). According to some sources (and the photograph - see link #4) some wreckage (a truncated cockpit and fuselage section) was on the fire dump at Caernarfon Airport as recently as November 2019, and being used as a training aid by the Airport Fire Crews. According to the book "Wrecks & Relics" by Ken Ellis (27th Edition, published 2020 page 327), the history of G-AWUK from 1973 was "ex-Shobdon, Stansted, Oaksey Park, Bristol, and Biggin Hill"
Sources:
1. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AWUK.pdf
2. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17318.0
3. G-AWUK at Shoreham (EGKA) on 17/5/1970: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1342211
4. Wreckage of G-AWUK at Caernarfon in 2011: https://aircraftpics.no-ip.org/Caenarfon/20150404/slides/G-AWUK_C-150__1.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2020 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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