ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17353
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| Date: | Saturday 5 April 2008 |
| Time: | 09:48 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BSYC |
| MSN: | 32R-7780159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | lycoming IO-540-K1G5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cairn Gorm Mountain, 10kms from Aviemore, Highland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Carlisle Airport (CAX/EGNC) |
| Wick Airport (WIC/EGPC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had planned to fly the aircraft from the United Kingdom (UK) to the United States of America (USA) and was en route from Carlisle to Wick. He was flying VFR and was in receipt of a Flight Information Service from ATC. Heading north-north-east over the northern part of the Cairngorms, he descended the aircraft from an altitude of 8,300 feet amsl to 4,000 feet amsl, whereupon he encountered severe weather and icing conditions. The pilot elected to divert and, while flying south-south-east in cloud, the aircraft struck 150 feet below the summit of Cairn Gorm, which rises to 4,085 feet amsl. The pilot suffered fatal injuries. No fault was found with the aircraft.
Registration G-BSYC cancelled by the CAA on 15.12.2008
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Aircraft-lost-in-Cairngorms-blizzard.3952637.jpg
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8355466.stm
3. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/piper-pa-32r-300-cherokee-lance-g-bsyc-5-april-2008
4. http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5766344
5. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
6. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20080411X00458&ntsbno=CHI08WA100&akey=1
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn_Gorm
Media:
G-BSYC at Wolverhampton Airport (EGBO) on 6 July 2006; being repaired after an earlier accident
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 21:29 | relax630 | Added |
| 13-Apr-2008 10:23 | harro | Updated |
| 11-Nov-2009 19:35 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2009 00:30 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Dec-2012 13:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2013 04:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 01-Sep-2013 04:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Oct-2016 14:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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