ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18972
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| Date: | Saturday 13 December 1986 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Panshanger School of Flying |
| Registration: | G-BLKX |
| MSN: | 38-79A0337 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Walthamstow/London -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Panshanger Aerodrome (EGLG) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into a house near Chestnuts Sports Ground, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 on 13 December 1986. Cause attributed to a failed alternator inoperative switch, which caused smoke in cockpit - aircraft crashed, one person on board killed. According to a contemporary press report:
"LONDON (AP): A two-seater aircraft crashed Saturday in heavily populated east London, killing the female passenger (34) and seriously injuring the female pilot (43), police said. Police reported no casualties on the ground. They said the single-engine Tomahawk skimmed across rooftops in the Walthamstow area and slammed into a factory wall.
Neither the pilot nor the passenger, both women, was immediately identified. The pilot was reported in stable condition at a nearby hospital. Rick Ross, who saw the plane crossing his yard, said, ''It was coughing and spluttering.'' Adrian and Patricia Pietryga said they clambered over garden fences to see if they could help the victims.
''One of them was still alive, shouting, 'Get me out' '' Pietryga said. ''The other one, a girl with long blond hair ... was obviously dead.''
Police said the plane was flying from Hertfordshire county north of London."
Registration cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority as "aircraft destroyed" 29 June 1992
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
3. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Piper%20PA38-112%20Tomahawk,%20G-BLKX%20%2005-87.pdf
4. https://apnews.com/859e9ffd0b3912cbfd747152a3e58164
The Indian Express 26 December 1986, p11 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Nov-2008 05:55 | EmmEff | Updated |
| 13-Jan-2011 12:54 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 16-Dec-2011 15:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Nov-2012 16:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2014 02:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2015 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 13:27 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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