| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | EI-AKS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Piper PA-18 Super Cub |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Piper PA-18 Super Cub (L-18/L-21/U-7) |
| Aircraft Version: | Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub |
| C/n (msn): | 18-6670 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Oxford - KidlingtonMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGTK IATA: OXF Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Shackleton Aviation Sales Weekend 1959 |
| Photo Date: | 25 April 1959 |
| Photo by: | Mike Cain |
| Photo ID: | 705255 |
| Photo Comment |
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New aircraft, registered to Irish Air Charters 15 April 1959. Cancelled 13 May 1959 upon sale in the UK, where it was registered G-APUI 21 May 1959. On 25 July 1963 while crop-spraying at Ware Farm, Good Easter, Essex, it descended to start a spray run into sun but collided with a line of overhead HT cables on the boundary of the field. The aircraft dived into the ground, nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot died in the accident and the aircraft was completely consumed by the fire that had broken out upon striking the cables. Cancelled by the CAA 25 July 1963 as Destroyed. This photo is copyright © Mike Cain, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 8 July 2024, and has since been viewed 75 times. |