ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273894
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| Date: | Saturday 16 June 1979 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee C |
| Owner/operator: | Farm Aviation Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BAWS |
| MSN: | 25-5371 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Faringdon, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Enstone Airfield, Oxfordshire (EGTN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee C G-BAWS of Farm Aviation Services Ltd; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16 June 1979 when crashed while crop spraying/topdressing at Faringdon, Oxfordshire. Aircraft struck a tree while flying at low altitiude, and caught fire on impact. Pilot killed.
Registration G-BAWS cancelled as "destroyed" 4 December 1981.
The crash location of Faringdon is a historic market town in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, 18 miles south-west of Oxford, 10 miles north-west of Wantage and 12 miles east-north-east of Swindon. It extends to the River Thames in the north; the highest ground is on the Ridgeway in the south
Sources:
1. Janic Geelen, 1983, The Topdressers, NZ Aviation Press
2. Air Pictorial, Dec 1977, p.468
3. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BAWS.pdf
4. G-BAWS at Enstone 6.6.1978: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1001311/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faringdon
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2022 22:22 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 07-Jan-2022 22:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 27-Jul-2022 14:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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