Accident Piper PA-23-250 Aztec G-ASTE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65689
 
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Date:Monday 20 January 1969
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:Northair Aviation Ltd
Registration: G-ASTE
MSN: 27-2557
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Yeadon Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Yeadon, West Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM)
Destination airport:Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec G-ASTE: Written off (destroyed) when crashed on approach to Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) 20/1/1969. Aircraft crashed at Yeadon Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Yeadon, West Yorkshire. Both persons on board were killed. Registration G-ASTE cancelled 20/1/69 as aircraft "destroyed"

The remains were taken to Northair's hangar at Leeds-Bradford and broken up for scrap on 7/2/1969

Sources:

1. Yorkshire Air News February 1969: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1969%2002.PDF
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ASTE.pdf
3. G-ASTE at Oxford (Kidlington) (OXF/EGTK) 14/11/1964: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1051331/
4. G-ASTE at Elstree (EGTR) 1/1/1965: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1555770
5. Yorkshire Air News January 1970: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1970%2001.PDF
6. Yorkshire Air News March 1971: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1971%2003.PDF
7. https://bnb.data.bl.uk/doc/resource/010945134
8. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/LA00530-4
9. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AB00003

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Jun-2009 23:19 VHKDK Added
11-Aug-2012 12:12 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Aug-2015 00:27 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
11-Aug-2015 00:05 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Nov-2020 21:06 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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