ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138723
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| Date: | Sunday 20 May 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna F172H Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AWBW |
| MSN: | F172-0486 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Compton Abbas Airifled, 3 miles S of Shaftesbury, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairoaks, Surrey (EGTF) |
| Compton Abbas (EGHA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered in the UK as G-AWBW 22.01.1968. Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 20.5.1973: Crashed on landing at Compton Abbas, Dorset, and deemed to have been damaged beyond economic repair. Registration G-AWBW cancelled 23.5.1974 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Noted as instructional airframe in the Faculty of Engineering, in the Queens Building at the University of West England, Bristol. It can be seen by looking down through the windows into the basement, but they are friendly - ask at reception and they'll take you down to see and photograph it. Last reported November 2012, although reduced to a cockpit section by this date
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWBW-2.pdf
2. http://aviadejavu.ru/Site/Arts/Art6226.htm
3. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f172show.asp?start=451&count=50]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 04:01 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 15-Jul-2012 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2015 03:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jul-2015 03:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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