Accident Gardan GY-80 Horizon 160 G-ATDG,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18815
 
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Date:Friday 28 October 1977
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic GY80 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Gardan GY-80 Horizon 160
Owner/operator:S.M. Baron (Manchester) Ltd
Registration: G-ATDG
MSN: 101
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Ramsbottom, Lancashire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Barton (EGCB)
Destination airport:Coventry/Baginton (CVT/EGBE)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off 28/10/1977 when flew into high ground at Ramsbottom, Lancashire, killing both person on board (pilot and passenger). The owner of this aircraft had only acquired it two days before the crash, on 26/10/1977.

Registration G-ATDG belatedly cancelled by the UK Civil Aviation Authority as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use") on 3/2/1982

Sources:

1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATDG-2.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978
3. http://avionsgardan.org/all-the-gardan-gy80/the-status-of-all-the-gardan-gy80/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
08-Jul-2012 10:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
17-Jul-2015 13:20 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Narrative]

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