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| Date: | Friday 27 December 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Champion 7FC |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-ARAR |
| MSN: | 395 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Glenfarg, Perthshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | EGPT |
| EGPH | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Before departure from Ferth (Scone) Aerodrome for a flight of about 30 n.m. to Edinburgh (Turnhouse) Airport, the pilot obtained the latest actual weather conditions at Edinburgh which were:- visibility 13 n.m., 1/8 cloud at 1,400 ft. and 6/8 at 10,000 ft. Weather conditions at Perth at the time of take off were:- visibility 7 1/2. m. and cloud 2/8 at 800 ft. and 7/8 at 1,500 ft. About 10 n.m. south of Perth, when flying over the Ochill Hills in an area where they rise to a general height of over 800 ft. a.m.s.l., the aircraft encountered low cloud and poor visibility in rain. The pilot made a 180 turn but, by this time, the cloud base was too low for a safe return to Scone and he decided to make a precautionary landing in a nearby field. After landing in the selected field, braking action was poor on the wet grass and the air craft ran through a wire fence and struck a low stone wall.
Later repaired and restored to airworthy condition.
However written off in a separate accident on 27.3.70 at Sywell, Northamptonshire, and registration cancelled 30.7.70.
Sources:
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ARAR-1.pdf
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1104294/
Survey of accidents to aircraft in the United Kingdom 1963 / CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 1992 | N9662S | Smith, Leonard C. | 0 | Arlington, WY |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2009 01:10 | VHKDK | Added |
| 01-Jul-2012 12:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2012 14:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2015 17:23 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2016 21:28 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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