ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 80492
Last updated: 18 June 2013
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| Date: | 19-JAN-1965 |
| Time: | 19:00 local |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-180 Comanche |
| Operator: | George Douglas Gilbert |
| Registration: | G-ARJI |
| C/n / msn: | 24-2666 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fairoaks Airport, Chobham, Surrey (EGTF) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EGTF |
| EGHH |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed during take off from Fairoaks, Surrey (EGTF) on 19/1/1965. Per a contemporary report in "Flight International" magazine 28 January 1965:
"Accident at Fair Oaks: A Piper Comanche 180, G-ARJI, bound for Hum crashed at about 7 p.m. on January 19, shortly after taking off from Fair Oaks aerodrome, Surrey. The aircraft is reported to have become airborne and to have dived into the ground, catching fire. The owner-pilot, Mr George Gilbert, and the two other occupants, Mr Ian Trethewey and Mr John Rule, were all killed. Tiger-Club member Ian Trethewey was a well known sporting pilot, often participating in air races and flying
displays."
Registration cancelled by UK CAA same day as aircraft "destroyed", although only formally struck off the UK civil registration when "confirmed" on 28/2/1965
Sources:
My data base.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%200256.html
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARJI.pdf
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1225335/
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk/GetRecord/SHCOL_CC277
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Nov-2010 03:49 | VHKDK | Added |
| 16-Mar-2011 01:17 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2012 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2013 08:53 | 81.147.69.169 | Updated [Narrative] |
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