Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: this factory fresh Piper was on December 9 1969 registered to European Air Sevices, established on January 1 1968 and basing this aircraft at Charleroi airport. On January 29 1971 it migrated to a private user (R. Hendrickx) basing the airframe at Charleroi airport. Here seen such on a visit to Antwerp airport in a livery of the previous operator with only "Piper Flite Center" titles. Later in the eighties its home based changed to Saint-Ghislain airfield and at this location it had on May 11 1986 an accident when after engine troubles it had to make an emergency landing, but luckely without casualties of the three occupants on board. A crash report (in French) can be found here. It was on June 21 1989 cancelled from the register.