ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138754
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| Date: | Friday 23 October 1981 |
| Time: | 14:42 |
| Type: |  Cessna F172P Skyhawk II (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-PPHJ |
| MSN: | F172-2048 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hill of Beath, Cowdenbeath, Fife -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) |
| Glenrothes Fife (EGPJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fatal crash into hillside (the 800 feet high Hill of Beath) near Cowdenbeath, Fife on 23.10.1981. Aircraft impacted into the hillside just 16 feet short of the summit. According to contemporary reports, both persons on board were killed on impact. An RAF Wessex helicopter was scrambled from Leuchars, but was cancelled and returned to base when it was clear that there were no survivors to be rescued.
Registration G-PPHJ Cancelled by the CAA over two years later as aircraft "destroyed" 5.12.1983.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
2. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/494928-scottish-crash-c150-circa-1980-a.html
3. http://www.egphotos.co.uk/bigimage.php?image_id=2266&PHPSESSID=f102514e8b044a41908098af9e1dec6d
4. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Cessna%20172%20Skyhawk%2011,%20G-PPHJ%2003-82.pdf
5. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/494928-scottish-crash-c150-circa-1980-a.html
6. Glasgow Herald 24 Oct 1981 Page 3 at https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19811024&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 07:42 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 26-Sep-2011 07:43 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Dec-2012 16:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 22:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2014 01:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2021 11:28 | harro | Updated [[Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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