ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139250
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| Date: | Friday 14 October 2011 |
| Time: | 11:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Flybpl.com |
| Registration: | G-BBEF |
| MSN: | 28-7325527 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Petit Beauregard, north of Fontaines-sur-Grandson, VD -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Neuchatel Airport - LSGN |
| Amiens-Glisy Airport - LFAY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser lost radio contact about 30 minutes after take off on a flight from Neuchatel Airport (LSGN), Colombier, Switzerland, to Amiens-Glicy Airport (LFAY), France. The aircraft went missing till it was found at 16:30 LT in wooded area near Petit Beauregard, north of Fontaines-sur-Grandson, VD.
Both occupants (a 29-year-old English man and a 40-year-old Swiss national) were killed. The UK registration G-BBEF was finally cancelled by the CAA on 17.10.2011 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/zuerich/zwei_tote_bei_flugzeugabsturz_in_der_schweiz_1.12998706.html
2. http://www.rsr.ch/#/info/les-titres/suisse/3513993-un-petit-avion-s-ecrase-dans-le-nord-vaudois.html
3. http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/news/newsticker/international/Tote_bei_Flugzeugabsturz_im_Kanton_Waadt.html?cid=31354600
4. https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/841252/brit-pilot-dies-in-plane-crash/
5. https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/westschweiz/zwei-tote-flugzeugabsturz-bei-yverdon-id88235.html
6. http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2011/10/15/Schweiz/Zwei-Tote-bei-Flugzeug-Crash-nahe-Yverdon
7. http://www.key103.co.uk/news/local/plane-crash-switzerland/
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15320889
9. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BBEF
10. https://abpic.co.uk/images/images/1220408F.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2011 00:56 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 15-Oct-2011 00:59 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2011 02:51 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2011 03:58 | drsteverey | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2011 05:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 15-Oct-2011 07:00 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2011 12:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2011 12:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 26-Oct-2012 00:42 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2012 12:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-May-2016 21:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2016 20:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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