ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 24305
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| Date: | Saturday 15 August 1998 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Piper J3 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | EC-GQE |
| MSN: | 10780 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wissant - 62 -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Challock, near Ashford, Kent |
| Abbeville, France | |
| Investigating agency: | BEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Before the start of Challock in Britain, bound for Abbeville, the pilot called the tower of the airfield at Calais to know the local weather. It does not take other information.
During the flight over the Channel, conditions deteriorate, the driver attempts to pass through the cloud, "is afraid" to the water's edge and back between two layers. It certainly indications provided by two GPS phones. After about an hour's flight in search of visual cues, he sees the floor and immediately decided to land. He puts the plane hit a soft ground and steep located two kilometers from the coast.
The aircraft was equipped VFR minimum equipment. He was notably devoid of directional gyro and artificial horizon. A GPS was mounted on the dashboard near the compass. On landing, he had ten liters of fuel in the tank
Aircraft substantially damaged, but later repaired and rebuilt.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/docspa/1998/ec-e980815/htm/ec-e980815.html
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/1998/ec-e980815/pdf/ec-e980815.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AKAA-1.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2012 07:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 07:35 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 07:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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