ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18919
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Percival P.40 Prentice T Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Traders Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AOPW |
| MSN: | PAC/244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barton, Lancashire (EGCB) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Southend (EGMC) Essex |
| Barton (EGCB) Lancashire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Prentice VS628: sold to Belgium as OO-CDW, but sale fell through and registration not taken up.
Registered as G-AOPW to Aviation Traders Ltd on 30/5/1956. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when destroyed by fire on 9/8/1959: crashed and burnt out whilst demonstrating at Barton.
Registration G-AOPW cancelled same day (9/8/1959) as "destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AOPW.pdf
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1078391/
http://www.southendtimeline.com/percivalprentice.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Nov-2012 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2023 13:43 | planenutz | Updated [[Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |
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