What the records say
- When
- 29 Nov 1975
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.65° N, 0.23° W
- Description
- multiple fatality aircraft crash
- Deaths
- 6
Graham Hill plane crash
Fatal aircraft crash in England
On 29 November 1975, former Formula One champion and Embassy Hill team owner Graham Hill died when the Piper Aztec light aircraft he was piloting crashed near Arkley in the London Borough of Barnet, England, while on approach to Elstree Airfield. The other five passengers on board, forming the core of his Formula One team, were also killed.
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