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Date: | Tuesday 15 December 1981 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
Owner/operator: | Tamaria Ltd |
Registration: | G-APYX |
MSN: | 27-105 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) |
Destination airport: | Norwich Airport, Norwich, Norfolk (EGSH) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Piper PA-23-250 Aztec G-APYX: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15 December 1981. The starboard engine failed, and a wing tip hit the ground. The aircraft was written-off, but the pilot was unhurt. The consequent damage was sufficiently serious as to render it an insurance write-off. Registration cancelled by the CAA 18.4.85 as aircraft "destroyed"
NOTE: Another Piper PA-23 G-BHNG was written off at Shoreham just four days later on December 19 1981. Due to the similarity of aircraft type, date and crash location, the two crashes have become "blurred" with each other over the years (see also G-BHNG)
Sources:
Shoreham Airport Sussex - The Story of Britain's Oldest Licensed Airfield.
Compiled by T M A Webb and Dennis L Bird.
Pub. Cirrus Associates, 1996
ISBN 0 9515598 2 6
page 85
1. G-APYX Registration history 1960-1961:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APYX-1.pdf 2. G-APYX Registration history 1962-1970:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APYX-2.pdf 3. G-APYX Registration history 1970-1981:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APYX-3.pdf 4.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1114137/ 5.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000283560.html 6.
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Piper-PA-23-250-Aztec/0579174/L 7.
https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=114250 8.
http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17574.0 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2010 00:29 |
John Baker |
Added |
30-May-2014 21:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
05-Nov-2014 23:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code] |
13-Nov-2020 21:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |