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Date: | Thursday 16 May 1963 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
Owner/operator: | British Executive Air Services |
Registration: | G-ARFR |
MSN: | 27-5 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Saint Héand, St. Etienne, Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes -
France
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
Destination airport: | Lyon–Bron Airport, Lyon, France (LYN/LFLY) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed 16-05-1963 near Saint Héand, St. Etienne, France, whilst en route between London Gatwick and Lyon. (St. Héand is a French commune located in the department of the Loire in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, at approximate co ordinates 45°31'46"North, 4°22'25" East).
Both persons on board were killed, and the registration G-ARFR was cancelled by the CAA on 26-06-1963 as "destroyed".
Sources:
1. CAA:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARFR.pdf 2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/59:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070069 3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 101/60:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5070070 4. G-ARFR at Ipswich (EGSE) in June 1961:
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/96237/G-ARFR 5. G-ARFR at Baginton, Coventry (EGBE) 29/4/1961:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1036282/ 6. G-ARFR at Kidlington (EGTK) 5/3/1961:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1731755 7. G-ARFR at Baginton, Coventry (EGBE) 30/4/1961:
https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/AG05936 8.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-H%C3%A9and Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jul-2009 21:22 |
VHKDK |
Added |
31-Jul-2010 07:00 |
Vaclav Kudela |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
21-Jul-2012 17:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
18-Jun-2013 10:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2014 14:50 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
09-Aug-2016 15:01 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Aug-2016 15:03 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
21-Jul-2020 20:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source] |
27-Nov-2020 21:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Destination airport, Source] |