ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65645
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 July 1977 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Farm Aviation Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AWMA |
| MSN: | 25-4682 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Earith, 10 miles East of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee G-AWMA, Farm Aviation Services Ltd: Written off 27/7/1977 when crashed and burned out during a crop dusting operation at Earith, Cambridgeshire. Aircraft overturned after colliding with a parked van while very low flying. The van, according to one source - see link #4 - was owned by the pilot! Quote: "My Grandad was in an accident with this Aircraft. It crashed landed onto his van". Registration cancelled as "destroyed" 13/3/1978
Earith is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Earith lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Huntingdon at approximate coordinates 52°21′0″ N, 0°1′12″ E
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AWMA.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earith
3. G-AWMA in 1970: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1714502
4. G-AWMA post-accident 327/7/1977: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001560851.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 22:38 | VHKDK | Added |
| 02-May-2012 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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