ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32991
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| Date: | 18-JUN-1998 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Socata TB20 Trinidad |
| Owner/operator: | Norgemo Inc Trustees |
| Registration: | N700S |
| MSN: | 611 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Craiganlet Hills, near Newtonards, County Down -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire (EGBW) |
| Newtownards Airport, Newtownards, County Down (EGAD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18 June 1998 when crashed in the Craiganlet Hills, near Newtonards, County Down, Northern Ireland. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was on a private flight from Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, to Newtonards, Northern Ireland. The pilot, who held an IMC rating, obtained a meteorological forecast which indicated that the cloudbase at Newtonards would be 600 feet above the airfield level.
On arrival, the cloud base was lower than 600 feet and the pilot carried out a missed approach, with the intention of diverting to Belfast City Airport. There is no missed approach procedure published for Newtonards but Pooley's Flight Guide contains warnings of high ground close to the airfield.
During the missed approach, the aircraft struck high ground at 700 feet above the airfield level and was destroyed. The pilot evacuated the aircraft with minor injuries. He stated that he was relying on his knowledge of the local area and had failed to take into account the terrain into which he crashed".
The AAIB report confirms that N700S sustained "substantial damage". The US registration N700S was cancelled by the FAA shortly afterwards, on 7 October 1998
Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f344ed915d1374000459/dft_avsafety_pdf_502470.pdf
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=700S
3. http://www.peter2000.co.uk/aviation/tbdata/0601-0650.htm
4. https://www.planespotters.net/photo/103688
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Mar-2015 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 25-Jun-2016 18:21 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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