Piper PA-28 G-BATF near Hemlington, Middlesbrough.

On 23rd March 1994 this aircraft was been flown from Norwich to Newcastle when it made a forced landing at Hemlington, two miles east of Thornaby. The aircraft was badly damaged and suffering Cat.5/FA damage it was written off. It ran across a road and into the garden of a house.

Pilot - Name unknown.


G-BATF was registered to ENPAR(North)Ltd and based at Newcastle when it arrived in the UK. It was built by the Piper Aircraft Corporation and first registered in the U.S.A. as N137AV in 1984. It was first registered in the UK on 11th December 1990 to ENPAR(North)Ltd. It registration was cancelled as destroyed on 26th April 1994.