ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18958
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| Date: | Thursday 29 May 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BARA |
| MSN: | 30-1411 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ligurian Alps, near Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, Nice, France (NCE/LFMN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft Operated with "SKYCAB EUROPE AIR TAXI" titles (see link #3). Writtten off (destroyed 29/5/1975: Flew into high ground in the French part of the Ligurian Alps, near Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, on 29/5/1975: all 4 persons on board (pilot plus 3 passengers) were killed. Although most of the Ligurian Alps are in Italy, the aircraft crashed into high ground on the French side of the border.
Registration G-BARA cancelled 17/6/1975 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. Flight International 24 January 1976 page 185 at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976
2. CAA: http://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BARA.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1158487
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2012 15:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2017 23:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2017 21:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2017 21:51 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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