Incident de Havilland DH.104 Dove 6 G-ARTS, Saturday 22 February 1975
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Date:Saturday 22 February 1975
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DOVE model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.104 Dove 6
Owner/operator:Haywards Aviation
Registration: G-ARTS
MSN: 04369
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Biggin Hill Airport, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent -   United Kingdom
Phase: Standing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Biggin Hill Airport, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent (BQH/EGKB)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
De Havilland DH.104 Dove G-ARTS: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22-2-1975 when struck by runaway Cessna F150K (c/n 0549) G-AYBC. The Dove sustained severe damage to the starboard engine nacelle. Registration G-ARTS belatedly cancelled on 12-5-1981 (almost six years later) as "destroyed". (Cessna G-AYBC was also written off - which see)

Sources:

1. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-ARTS/845367
2. http://www.apic.co.uk/photo/1075950/
3. G-ARTS History 1962-1970: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARTS-1.pdf
4. G-ARTS History 1970-1975: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARTS-1.pdf
5. G-ARTS at Biggin Hill 15-5-1976: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/17274/G-ARTS
6. G-ARTS at Biggin Hill 17-5-1975: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000935991.html
7. G-ARTS at Coventry 11-8-1971: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000437830.html
8. G-ARTS at London Heathrow 1970: https://www.airhistory.net/photo/72489/G-ARTS
9. https://onespotter.com/aircraft/fid/286114/G-ARTS
10. https://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=8&typeid=339
11. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=18088.0

Media:

DH.104 Dove G-ARTS when PH-SAA of Schreiner Airways on 31 July 1965 De Havilland DH.104 Dove 6, PH-SAA, Schreiner Airways

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Dec-2012 11:14 TB Added
18-Jun-2013 11:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Jun-2013 18:33 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2020 17:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Dec-2020 17:18 Dr. John Smith Updated [Embed code]

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