ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37525
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 2000 |
| Time: | 17:21 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-50 |
| Owner/operator: | Richard Bassett |
| Registration: | RA-02030 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hastingwood area of Harlow, about 8 miles NW of North Weald, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Little Gransden (EGMJ) |
| North Weald (EGSX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Mid-air collision with Cessna 150J G-INGR whilst both aircraft were in the circuit for North Weald, Essex (EGSX). Both aircraft crashed, killing all three occupants. According to the BBC report at the time the aircraft crashed in the Hastingwood area of Harlow, about eight miles north-west of North Weald
A later press report (see link #7) named the three casualties as "Richard "Fred" Bassett, 34, from Magdalen Laver, near Ongar," (in the Yak) "Andrew Duffill, 39, of Rayleigh, and Laurence Hughes, 10, from Ilford, all in Essex" (in the Cessna).
The AAIB report concluded that 'The collision occurred because the pilots of both aircraft did not see the other aircraft in sufficient time to take effective avoiding action'.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f404ed915d13710004cb/dft_avsafety_pdf_500463.pdf
2. NTSB Identification: MIA00WA188A at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20890&ntsbno=MIA00WA188A&akey=1_
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/42317-gloomy-news-north-weald.html
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f150show.asp?start=450&count=50]
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/719736.stm
6. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/20/linusgregoriadis
7. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/police-name-light-aircraft-crash-casualties-281760.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Sep-2010 07:53 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2010 08:06 | TB | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2013 00:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2016 10:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Jul-2016 10:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2016 11:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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