ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18658
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 September 1983 |
| Time: | 09:18 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna F182Q Skylane (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Cooper Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BKGY |
| MSN: | 0043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blackstairs Mountain, County Wexford -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Birmingham Airport (BHX) |
| Kilkenny (EIKK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Destroyed in fatal crash into Blackstairs Mountain, County Wexford at approx 2,380 feet on 7/9/1983. Extract from official accident report:
"Aircraft:- Rheims/Cessna F182
Registration:- G-BKGY
Pilot-In-Command:- N. R. Harper
Passengers:- 3 passengers – including Stephen Harris who held a PPL with an assistant flying Instructor rating. 1 Male passenger, 1 Female passenger
Injuries:- 4 Fatal
Intended Flight:- Birmingham – Kilkenny (Alternate Dublin)
The aircraft departed Birmingham at 07:45 hrs GMT. At 09:05 hrs GMT the aircraft contacted Shannon ATC and advised that he estimated Kilkenny at 09:35 hrs GMT. At 09:15 hrs GMT he advised Shannon that he was leaving 6,000 ft descending to 3,000 ft. At 09:18 hrs GMT the pilot advised that he was ten miles east of the coast and passing through 4,000 ft. That was the last message received from G-BKGY.
At 21.00 the aircraft wreckage was discovered at Blackstairs Mountain, 30 feet from the summit which is 2,409 ft. There were no survivors."
Registration G-BKGY cancelled by the CAA on 30/5/1984 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
- Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BKGY.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Leinster
https://groups.google.com/group/uk.rec.aviation/tree/browse_frm/month/1998-05/57727fed3f41dbdf?rnum=121&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fuk.rec.aviation%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F1998-05%3F
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Sep-2011 02:32 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2012 14:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2013 13:02 | ParaDara | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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