ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45133
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| Date: | Friday 1 August 2003 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182T Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N666JH |
| MSN: | 18281025 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Horton Wood, Flackwell Heath, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wycombe Air Park, Booker (EGTB) |
| Rochester, Kent (RCS/EGTO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 01-08-2003: crashed at Horton Wood, Flackwell Heath, near Marlow, Buckinghamshire (at approximate Coordinates: 51°36′03″N 0°42′43″W). The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft departed Wycombe Air Park en route to Rochester and three minutes later entered a spiral dive from which it did not recover. No pre-existing aircraft defects were found in the wreckage and the available evidence suggests that the pilot became partially incapacitated.
The pilot, who was also the owner of the aircraft, had delivered the aircraft to Wycombe Air Park on 22 July 2003 for its annual service. On the day of the accident, he arrived at Wycombe Air Park (having travelled there principally by train) with the intention of flying the aircraft back to his home base of Rochester. The aircraft had just over half-full fuel tanks and was not refuelled. The pilot 'booked out' intending to fly under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and did not file a flight plan.
As he taxied out towards Runway 24, another aircraft was landing and the local weather was discussed over the radio. The landing pilot described the cloud base as "between two and three hundred feet".
This message was acknowledged by the pilot of N666JH who stated that the weather at his destination was much better. He then departed from Runway 24 and climbed ahead to about 200 feet agl before commencing a right-hand turn and disappearing into cloud. The aircraft was heard flying overhead the airfield and departing to the east which was consistent with the planned route to Rochester.
Two minutes after takeoff the pilot transmitted 'GOING OVER TO THAMES NOW, TWENTY TWO HUNDRED FEET'. No further transmissions were received from the aircraft. It was last seen in a descending, right-hand turn with the engine running and moving 'extremely fast', about 800 metres from its point of impact. There was also an ear witness who heard the sound of an aircraft followed by a loud thump and then silence."
Nature of Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration N666JH was cancelled by the FAA on 30-06-2012 as "expired"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC03WA174 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?_ev_id=20030819X01354&ntsbno=NYC03WA174&akey=1
2. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f6a3ed915d13740005e3/dft_avsafety_pdf_027738.pdf
3. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=666JH&x=11&y=11
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/3119469.stm
5. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/98030-c182-down-wycombe.html
6. http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/400091.Pilot_dies_after_plane_crashes_in_Flackwell_woods/
7. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/rochester-bound-pilot-killed-in--a9493/
8. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-190944/Pilot-dies-light-aircraft-crashes.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Dec-2012 13:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2012 13:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2014 19:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2015 16:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2015 16:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2016 22:51 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2016 22:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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