ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175087
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| Date: | Saturday 4 April 2015 |
| Time: | 10:29 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BHXK |
| MSN: | 28-21106 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beinn nan Lus, Glen Kinglass, 30 miles E of Oban, Argyll & Bute -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dundee Airport (EGPN) |
| Tiree Airport (TRE/EGPU) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The plane went missing near Loch Etive in Argyll & Bute, Scotland at 10:29 hours local time. The crashed aircraft was located at around 20:00 BST on the northern side of Glen Kinglass and the two occupants were found to have received fatal injuries. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was on a private flight from Dundee Airport to Tiree Airport. While established in the cruise at an altitude of 6,500 ft it entered a gentle right turn, the rate of which gradually increased with an associated high rate of descent and increase in airspeed. The aircraft struck the western slope of a mountain, Beinn nan Lus, in a steep nose down attitude. Both persons on board were fatally injured.
No specific cause for the accident could be identified but having at some point entered IMC, the extreme aircraft attitudes suggest that the pilot was experiencing some form of spatial disorientation and the recorded data and impact parameters suggest that the accident followed a loss of control, possibly in cloud".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 10/12/2015
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/569758fced915d4747000015/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee_G-BHXK_01-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BHXK
3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3025727/Plane-two-people-board-believed-crashed-loch-western-Scotland.html#ixzz3WMGkvlHn
4. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/light-plane-two-people-board-5459801
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32187183
NTSB
Media:
The AAIB is deploying a team to investigate a light aircraft accident near Oban, Scotland.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 5, 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2015 16:21 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 04-Apr-2015 17:30 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 04-Apr-2015 19:49 | FERRYAIR | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 04-Apr-2015 21:48 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2015 23:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Apr-2015 02:59 | JINX | Updated [Time, Damage] |
| 05-Apr-2015 06:29 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Damage] |
| 05-Apr-2015 06:30 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 07:44 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 09:41 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 13:23 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 13:58 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2015 14:20 | Deeday-UK | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2015 17:53 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Aug-2015 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 19-Jan-2016 16:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jul-2016 19:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
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