ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48530
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| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1998 |
| Time: | 18:10 |
| Type: |  Rans S-12 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-MLAB |
| MSN: | 0892256 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | W Gibraltar Point Sligo Bay -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The weather at Sligo was benign with no significant weather or cloud and a surface wind of 010º 10/15 kt. Runway 29 was in use. The aerial route allotted to D-MLAB took it via Coney Island towards Rosses Point and then eastwards towards Sligo town and defined points beyond the town . Maximum altitude was 2000 feet. The planned flying time for this route was 1 hour 45 minutes. The aircraft crashed some ten minutes after take-off, at 1810 hours approximately, into the tidal estuary of Sligo Bay, at a point about 1 km west of Gibraltar Point.Witnesses reported that the aircraft struck the firm sand of the estuary in a near vertical attitude. The crash site was compact.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.aaiu.ie/AAIUviewitem.asp?id=3584&lang=ENG&loc=1280
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2008 08:26 | harro | Added |
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