ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59485
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| Date: | Friday 10 April 2009 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. |
| Registration: | N2405Y |
| MSN: | 28-8590070 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shoulder of Mutton Hill, Near Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Panshanger Airfield, Hertfordshire (EGLG) |
| Jersey Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10-04-2009 when flew into high ground in poor weather at Shoulder of Mutton Hill, Near Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire. The two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot had planned a flight from Panshanger to Jersey. The weather forecast was poor, with two fronts expected to be positioned along the route at about the time of the flight. The weather forecast for Jersey was also poor and it was uncertain whether the pilot would be given a Special VFR clearance through the Channel Islands Control Zone.
The pilot took off but after 47 minutes the aircraft flew into low cloud covering a ridge of high ground north of Petersfield, known locally as Shoulder of Mutton Hill. About 10 seconds later the aircraft flew into trees just below the ridge line and broke up.
It is likely the pilot succumbed to ‘get-there-itis’ in making his decision to take off. It is probable that, as the weather deteriorated on his route, he ran out of ‘escape routes’ before inadvertently entering cloud".
A later BBC report (see link #5) named the two fatalities as " pilot David Boon, 47, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and His passenger, mother-of-two Carol Ann Potter, 49, of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire"
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the US registration N2405Y was cancelled by the FAA on 30-09-2009
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fb3bed915d137100081f/Piper_PA-28-181__N2405Y_04-10.pdf
NTSB
3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2405Y&x=0&y=0
4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5136979/Couple-killed-in-light-aircraft-crash.html
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8609784.stm
6. http://www.n1uec.org/n1uec/2405y.html
7. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
8. https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/man-and-woman-die-in-plane-crash-near-petersfield-1-701325.
9. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000238543.html
10. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169038/Two-killed-light-aircraft-crashes-field.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2009 11:00 | harro | Added |
| 10-Apr-2009 23:31 | JINX | Updated |
| 11-Apr-2009 00:46 | harro | Updated |
| 13-Apr-2009 09:55 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Jun-2009 01:55 | Anon. | Updated |
| 18-Oct-2012 16:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2012 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2014 18:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Dec-2014 22:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2016 22:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2016 22:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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