ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72175
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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1980 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28C-UK |
| Owner/operator: | Spoonair Ag-Services |
| Registration: | G-BBBR |
| MSN: | 014 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West Fleetham, Northumberland -
 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 |
Enstrom F-28C-UK G-BBBR: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26 July 1980 when crashed during agricultural operations (crop spraying/topdressing) at West Fleetham, Northumberland. Flew into power line, came to rest inverted and destroyed in post-crash fire.
Registration G-BBBR cancelled 20 July 1983 as "destroyed". The crash location of West Fleetham is a small hamlet in Northumberland, England situated about 4 miles from Seahouses and 2 miles from Chathill railway station.
Sources:
1. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1035806/
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BBBR.pdf
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14385
5. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-27.html?styleid=18#post6366821
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fleetham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2010 10:29 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 27-Apr-2013 18:09 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2013 18:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2013 19:48 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2019 16:32 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jul-2022 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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