ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65780
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| Date: | Saturday 6 September 1969 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Edgar Percival EP-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Old Warden Flying and Parachute Group |
| Registration: | G-ARTU |
| MSN: | 38 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire (EGTH) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
c/no 38: EP.9 Built at Stapleford, Abridge. Essex. First flown by/on 3.4.58. Acquired for Army Air Corps as XM797. delivered to A & AEE Boscombe Down, Wiltshire 23.4.58. To No. 6 Liaison/Depot Flight AAC, Middle Wallop 31.7.58. Comparison tests with DHC-2 Beaver G-ANAR in 11.58. Struck off charge on sale to Flying Facilities Ltd, Horley 23.10.61.
Registered (C of R R.7441/1) as G-ARTU to Steel's Aviation, Staverton, Gloucestershire 26.10.61 for overhaul. C of A A.7441 issued 30.11.62. Re-registered (C of R R.7441/2) to G.R.Moore, t/a G.R.M Airwork Ltd, Worcester (Staverton), 7.1.66. Re-registered (C of R R 7441/3) to John Eric Searson, Trustee of the Assets of the Old Warden Flying and Parachute Group, Old Warden, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire 11.2.69. Repainted in former Army Air Corps colours as "XM797" 3.69
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on take off at Old Warden, Bedfordshire 6.9.69 while attempting overshoot following para drop, aircraft broke in two on impact.
Cancelled by the CAA as destroyed 6.9.69; apparently this was retrospective, as the CAA records state "notified 21.1.70".
Not to be confused with c/n 36 ZS-CHZ which is on display at the SAAF Museum painted as XM797 - but is not that actual aircraft
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARTU.pdf
2. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_xref.htm
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1252434
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Percival_E.P.9
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?79083-Percival-EP-9-Photo-Req
6. G-ARTU as "XM797" at Old Warden 16.8.69: https://www.aero-pics.co.uk/miscellany/EP.9%20XM797%20Old%20Warden%2016081969%20D20214.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Warden_Aerodrome
Media:
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c/no. 36 (ZS-CHZ) which is the "fake" XM797 airborne in South Africa on 1.7.99. Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 12:11 | VHKDK | Added |
| 04-Aug-2012 18:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2013 11:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2013 11:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 01:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 24-Feb-2022 22:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 19-Oct-2022 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 19-Oct-2022 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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