ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178298
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| Date: | Thursday 24 June 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AZPB |
| MSN: | 25-5160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24/6/1976 when crashed during agricultural (crop spraying/top dressing operations). Per a report in "Yorkshire Air News" July 1976:
"Millers Pawnee 235 G-AZFB was crop spraying'in the Knottingley area on 21 June. A crop spraying aircraft, as yet unidentified., hit a 11,000 volt overhead power cable at Nostell Priory near Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The pilot escaped.. The accident occurred on 24th June".
Whilst it is not 100% certain that the aircraft involved was G-AZPB, it was engaged in crop spraying operations in the Wakefield area at the time of the reported accident. The registration was only belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 18/8/1981 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Sources:
1. https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AZPB.pdf
2. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/AY%20July%201976.pdf
3. Aor Yorkshire July 1976: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/AY%20July%201976.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2015 00:54 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Aug-2015 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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