ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187788
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| Date: | Thursday 15 December 1994 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-320 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOAN |
| MSN: | 30-1069 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Broadbury, near Okehampton, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jersey Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) |
| Westover Farm Airstrip, Sheepwash, Beaworthy, Devon | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 15-12-1994 when crashed at Broadbury, near Okehampton, Devon, when en route between Jersey Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands, and Westover Farm Airstrip, Sheepwash, Beauworthy, Devon. Of the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) the pilot and one passenger sustained serious injuries, the other passenger sustained minor injuries. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"On reaching the Sheepwash area, the aircraft descended to 1,500 feet. While attempting to locate the runway lights at Sheepwash in the dark, the pilot failed to notice that the aircraft was gradually descending, and the aircraft struck the ground at an elevation of 915 feet, at Broadbury, near Okehampton, some six miles to the south of Sheepwash, in an area devoid of any ground lighting.
The aircraft struck the ground in a relatively level attitude, and all three occupants survived the impact. There was no fire. The pilot later admitted in his statement to the AAIB, that, considering the weather conditions (mist, scatttered low cloud, and darkness) he should have abandoned any attempt to land at Sheepwash, and instead have diverted to Exeter Airport."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-BOAN was cancelled by the CAA on 10-1-1995 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5423025c40f0b61346000bfd/Piper_PA-30_Twin_Commanche__G-BOAN_02-95.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOAN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2016 21:04 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 21:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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