ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68912
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| Date: | Friday 14 December 1979 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Rockwell Commander 114 |
| Owner/operator: | Aristocratic Equipment Supplies Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BENR |
| MSN: | 14002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Littleton Down Summit, near Petworth, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Airport, Southampton, Hampshire (EGHI) |
| Ford Aerodrome, Yapton, West Sussex (EGKF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Rockwell 114 Commander G-BENR: Written off (destroyed) 14 December 1979. The aircraft, whose flight had originated in Birmingham had taken off after a refuelling stop at Southampton and was heading for Ford Aerodrome at Yapton, West Sussex (since closed).
It was believed (according to newspaper report at the time - see link #1) that the pilot had descended out of low cloud for a visual position check during a storm with freak 100 mph winds and had inadvertently flown into high ground, that high ground being in the vicinity of 227 metre high Littleton Down, south-west of Duncton, near Petworth, West Sussex. (At Approximate coordinates 50.928 North,-0.657 West). The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed.
Registration G-BENR cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 27 June 1983
Sources:
1. Evening Argus December 15th, 1979
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BENR.pdf
3. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17561.0
4. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BENR.html
5. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/littleton-down-chichester-gu280lx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2009 21:02 | andrewaircraft | Added |
| 13-Oct-2009 02:23 | andrewaircraft | Updated |
| 18-Jun-2013 19:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2020 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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