Date:	Thursday 16 May 1963
Time:	day
Type:	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:	British Executive Air Services
Registration:	G-ARFR
MSN:	27-5
Year of manufacture:	1960
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Saint Héand, St. Etienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes -   France
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Destination airport:	Lyon–Bron Airport, Lyon, France (LYN/LFLY)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed 16-05-1963 near Saint Héand, St. Etienne, France, whilst en route between London Gatwick and Lyon. (St. Héand is a French commune located in the department of the Loire in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, at approximate co ordinates 45°31'46"North, 4°22'25" East).

Both persons on board were killed, and the registration G-ARFR was cancelled by the CAA on 26-06-1963 as "destroyed".

1. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARFR.pdf
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/59: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070069
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/60: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070070
4. G-ARFR at Ipswich (EGSE) in June 1961: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/96237/G-ARFR
5. G-ARFR at Baginton, Coventry (EGBE) 29/4/1961: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1036282/
6. G-ARFR at Kidlington (EGTK) 5/3/1961: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1731755
7. G-ARFR at Baginton, Coventry (EGBE) 30/4/1961: https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AG05936
8. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-H%C3%A9and

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Jul-2009 21:22	VHKDK	Added
31-Jul-2010 07:00	Vaclav Kudela	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source]
21-Jul-2012 17:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
18-Jun-2013 10:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
10-Aug-2014 14:50	TB	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative]
09-Aug-2016 15:01	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
09-Aug-2016 15:03	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Jul-2020 20:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source]
27-Nov-2020 21:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, Source]