ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18639
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna F172F Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Shropshire Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATBT |
| MSN: | F172-0119 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rivington Pike, near Winter Hill, Chorley, Lancashire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Blackpool, Lancashire (BLK/EGNH) |
| Sleap, Shropshire (EGCV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off 2/10/1968: damaged beyond repair when crashed into a peat bog, force-landed between Winter Hill and Rivington Pike near Chorley, Lancashire. Pilot survived. Registration G-ATBT cancelled by the CAA as "P.W.F.U." ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") on 22/11/1968
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATBT.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Hill_(North_West_England
3. http://www.daveweb.co.uk/whvol2.pdf
4. http://www.ss-osands.org.uk/ssosands/beep/horwich/timeline5.htm
5. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Sep-2011 06:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2012 13:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2013 11:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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