Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee G-BCJK near Leeds-Bradford airport.
Details regarding this incident are somewhat vague and what is known is that on Friday, 12th November 1976 this aircraft was flying close to Leeds-Bradford airfield in thick fog when it crashed near the airfield, possibly soon after taking off. The aircraft broke up and the pilot was seriously injured. The aircraft was registered to Warwick Engineering Investments Ltd, Saltisford, Warwickshire and the pilot was apparently intending to fly to the Birmingham area when it crashed. It may also have struck a building whilst crashing.
Pilot - Mr Neil MacDonald-Smith.
Newspapers stated that Mr MacDonald-Smith was 45 years old and lived near Roundhay Park, Leeds but had business connections in the West Midlands.
Two days later the body of a Boy Scout, Paul Kingsley, was found in a ditch near the airfield. He had been missing since 11th November 1976 when he failed to return home from a Scout meeting. His killer served just four years in prison.