ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13995
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| Date: | Saturday 7 July 1979 |
| Time: | 17:49 |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier Rallye 235GT |
| Owner/operator: | Glacier Aircraft |
| Registration: | N302RA |
| MSN: | 12876 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NE of Woody Island VOR, 45 miles off Kodiak, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, Alaska (ANC/PANC) |
| Kodiak, Alaska (ADQ/PADQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered in the USA 9.12.1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7.7.1979:Pilot reported engine failure (loss of oil pressure) and ditched northeast of the Woody Island VOR, 45 miles off Kodiak, Alaska, whilst on final approach to Kodiak.
Two US Coast Guard C-130s, two helicopters, and a Coast Guard cutter were dispatched immediately to the area reported by Pilot Graham Barber in his distress calls, but no sign of the plane, or its occupants, were found. The search continued for three days
All three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) killed:
- Lt Cdr Ian Mackintosh MBE - British novelist, writer, creator the television series, The Sandbaggers, and writer for the series Warship
- Graham Barber, a British Airways pilot
- Susan Insole, the daughter of a English cricket player
Aircraft not recovered. Registration N302RA not cancelled by the FAA until 5.9.2012 (33 years later!)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1.https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/brief.aspx?ev_id=34852&key=0
2. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rallye.pdf
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=302RA
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ak/N302RA/
5. http://www.check-six.com/lib/Famous_Missing/Mackintosh.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mackintosh
7. http://web.archive.org/web/20160617194033/http://www.opsroom.org:80/pages/intelligence/ian-2.html
8. https://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/Whats-On/Books/Did-spy-writers-disappearance-mirror-his-fiction-03012013.htm
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mackintosh
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2014 00:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2014 01:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 17-Nov-2015 12:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2022 18:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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