ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173800
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 June 2001 |
| Time: | 11:53 |
| Type: |  Commander Aircraft 114TC |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. Trustee |
| Registration: | N294TC |
| MSN: | 20022 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TI0-540-AG1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thomas Lewis Way, Portswood, Near Southampton Eastleigh Airport, Hants -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) |
| Guernsey Airport (GCI/EGJB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 19-6-2001 when crashed at Thomas Lewis Way, Portswood, Near Southampton Eastleigh Airport, Hampshire; aircraft was trying to return to Southampton Airport, shortly after take off. Both person on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. A contemporary BBC report (see link #4) states "It had been en-route to Guernsey in the Channel Islands carrying Richard Armstrong, 41, of Chelsea Harbour, south-west London, and 39-year old Aaron Lyle Flack of San Diego, California". According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The owner acquired the aircraft at the end of year 2000, when its registration was G-HPSM. On 4 December 2000, the aircraft was re-registered as N294TC. At that time, the engine and the airframe had both accumulated 211 hours flying time. The owner first flew it on 13 December 2000.
On the day of the accident, N294TC was cleared to take off from Southampton Airport at 11:50 hours. The reported surface wind was "SOUTHERLY AT TEN KNOTS". The controller watched the aircraft lift off the runway and then turned his attention to the Seneca aircraft that was approaching to land. After the Seneca landed, he heard the following radio call from N294TC: "WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY WE'RE NOT CLIMBING I DON'T KNOW WHY. WE'D LIKE TO COME BACK AND LAND". The controller immediately replied "YOU CAN MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN POSITION DOWNWIND RIGHT". The owner acknowledged the message with "MAKE A RIGHT TURN TANGO CHARLIE DOWNWIND RIGHT" and the controller saw the aircraft bank to the right.
He estimated its height as between 300 and 600 feet agl and said that it then seemed to side-slip and lose height until buildings obscured his view of the aircraft. Shortly afterwards the controller saw a plume of black smoke rising from where he had last seen the aircraft and he immediately activated the airport alert procedures and declared an 'Off Airport Accident'. The Airport Fire Service reacted immediately and arrived at the crash scene shortly after the Hampshire Fire Service."
Damage sustained to airframe: per the AAIB report, "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the US registration N294TC was cancelled by the FAA on February 27, 2002 as "destroyed".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f5d2e5274a13170005cb/dft_avsafety_pdf_501110.pdf
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=294TC
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/41892-accident-southampton.html
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1397011.stm
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-54529/Two-die-plane-crash.html
6. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/5617658.RELIEVED_parents_hailed_the_tragic_pilot_who_guided_his_ailing_plane_away_from_the_school_as_a_hero_/_/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2015 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 17-Jul-2016 14:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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