ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72175
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Date: | Saturday 26 July 1980 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Enstrom F-28C-UK |
Owner/operator: | Spoonair Ag-Services |
Registration: | G-BBBR |
MSN: | 014 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | West Fleetham, Northumberland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Enstrom F-28C-UK G-BBBR: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26 July 1980 when crashed during agricultural operations (crop spraying/topdressing) at West Fleetham, Northumberland. Flew into power line, came to rest inverted and destroyed in post-crash fire.
Registration G-BBBR cancelled 20 July 1983 as "destroyed". The crash location of West Fleetham is a small hamlet in Northumberland, England situated about 4 miles from Seahouses and 2 miles from Chathill railway station.
Sources:
1.
http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php 2.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1035806/ 3.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BBBR.pdf 4.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14385 5.
https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-27.html?styleid=18#post6366821 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fleetham Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Feb-2010 10:29 |
Alpine Flight |
Added |
27-Apr-2013 18:09 |
TB |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
17-May-2013 18:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
17-May-2013 19:48 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
23-Aug-2019 16:32 |
A.J.Scholten |
Updated [Location] |
28-Jul-2022 16:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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