This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Sunday 19 March 1978 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Cessna F172H Skyhawk (Reims) |
Owner/operator: | European Ferries Ltd |
Registration: | G-AVKF |
MSN: | F172-0366 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Worthing, West Sussex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Cessna F172H Skyhawk (Reims) G-AVKF: First UK registered 21 April 1967. Sold on and re-registered to five successive owners between 1967 and 1976. Last owner was European Ferries Ltd from 12 October 1976.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed and destroyed by Fire near Worthing, West Sussex 19 March 1978 after a forced landing due to engine failure. From the photograph below (taken at Shoreham in 1978 - see link #6) it seems that the aircraft's fuselage was snapped in half) aft of the cockpit.
Registration G-AVKF belatedly cancelled 20 October 1981 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use").
Sources:
1. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
2. G-AVKF: History 1967-1976:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AVKF-1.pdf 3. G-AVKF: History 1976-1981:
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AVKF-2.pdf 4.
https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-AVKF/847844 5. G-AVKF at Staverton (EGBJ) 9/7/1972:
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1554924 6. G-AVKF: Wreckage at Shoreham in 1978:
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000579560.html 7.
https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/WB00024-31 8. G-AVKF at Plymouth 11th July 1970:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisengland/18523503055/in/photolist-2jixxe9-aC859R-9hcPPt-udRN7k Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Sep-2011 03:31 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
14-Jul-2012 15:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
16-Jul-2015 12:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
23-Nov-2020 20:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |