ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33011
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| Date: | Sunday 25 September 1983 |
| Time: | 10:20 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 206A JetRanger |
| Owner/operator: | Specialist Flying Training Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AVTE |
| MSN: | 66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mid Standard Hill, Balmacellan, near New Galloway, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Carlisle Airport, Cumbria (CAX/EGNC) |
| Carlisle Airport, Cumbria (CAX/EGNC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off 25.9.83: Destroyed by a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). G-AVTE flew into rising ground at Mid Standard Hill, Balmacellan, near New Galloway, Scotland, whilst on a solo cross-country navigation exercise. (Route: Carlisle-Eskdalemuir-Carlisle). The aircraft impacted into the hillside at 100 knots and at 1,150 feet AGL. (Mid Standard Hill rises to 1,332 feet AGL)
The pilot, a foreign national military pilot, had descended to as low as 200 feet AGL in an attempt to find clearer air, and fly underneath the mist/fog. Due to the mist/fog the wreckage was not located until 13:00 GMT to next day, and the body of the pilot was recovered by a Mountain Rescue Team
Registration G-AVTE cancelled by the CAA 5.10.83 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Bell%20206A%20G-AVTE%2013-83.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AVTE-2.pdf
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/34663/
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-104.html#post7846337
5. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14460
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2014 21:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 22:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Nov-2014 22:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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