ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 641
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1982 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | L.A. Gravemaker |
| Registration: | PH-AVE |
| MSN: | 18-3856 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seppe Airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Seppe Airport (EHSE) |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-USAF 54-2456; supplied to Royal Netherland Air Force (KLu) as R-166. To PH-AVE 31-08-1976
Written off (destroyed) 05-05-1982: Destroyed in hangar fire whilst parked at Seppe Airport, Bosschenhoofd, a village in the municipality of Halderberge in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands.
In a huge hangar fire there were eight aircraft destroyed in the flames, four of them Piper PA-18 Super Cubs:
PH-AVE Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub
PH-AVR American Aviation AA-5A Cheetah
PH-EAT Piper PA-25-260 Pawnee D
PH-KAW Piper PA-18-125 Super Cub
PH-VOX Reims/Cessna F150M
PH-WAS Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub
PH-WDT Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub
PH-WEC Cessna 210L Centurion
At the beginning of the investigation, it was considered that a carelessly discarded cigarette butt was the cause of the fie, but this was never proved.
Sources:
1. Airnieuws 454
2. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1982.htm#05.05.1982
3. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1954.html
4. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MA.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Feb-2009 12:48 | harro | Updated |
| 25-Jan-2016 13:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2016 13:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2016 13:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 01:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Jun-2022 23:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Oct-2023 15:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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