ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18671
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| Date: | Sunday 13 October 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna FR.172F Rocket (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Sir Philip Grant-Suttie |
| Registration: | G-AXBU |
| MSN: | FR172-0073 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Priestland, Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Prestwick, Ayrshire (PIK/EGPK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed near Priestland, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland on 13/10/1974. Registration G-AXBU cancelled belatedly by the CAA 31/12/1979 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
The owner of G-AXBU was Sir (George) Philip Grant-Suttie, 8th Baronet Balgone in the County of Haddington (1938–1997). The same person was also the owner of Cessna G-AWLD, which crashed on 3rd December 1974 (which see)
The crash location of Priestland is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland and lies on the A71, around two miles west of Loudoun Hill, ten miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty miles south of Glasgow. It is situated in a valley through which the River Irvine runs and alongside the burghs of Galston, Newmilns and Darvel (with which it borders), forms an area known as the Upper Irvine Valley (locally referred to as The Valley).
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AXBU.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestland
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Sep-2011 10:57 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2011 07:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2012 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2015 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2015 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2022 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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