ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138758
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| Date: | Sunday 11 February 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna FA150L Aerobat (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Shropshire Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYOV |
| MSN: | FA150-0104 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Honiley (former RAF base) near Wroxall, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sleap, Shropshire |
| Coventry/Baginton (CVT/EGBE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was flown by a flying instructor in icing conditions In and out of cloud at low level when the windscreen iced up to the extent that forward visibility was severely limited. The pilot managed to land at disused Honiley Aerodrome within Birmingham Controlled Airspace. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair during the landing.
Registration G-AYOV cancelled on 5/6/79 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYOV.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 08:34 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 26-Sep-2011 08:38 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 29-Aug-2012 16:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2013 21:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 26-Jan-2020 17:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 16-Jul-2020 14:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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