ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89984
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| Date: | Sunday 4 September 2005 |
| Time: | 12:21 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-EMAZ |
| MSN: | 28-8290088 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Irish Sea, 7 nm NW of Strumble Head, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kilkenny Airport (KKY/EIKK) |
| Cardiff/Wales Airport (CWL/EGFF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and his passenger were returning to Cardiff Airport, from Ireland. The aircraft was reported overdue by Cardiff Airport to the London Area Control Centre and subsequently full overdue action was taken. The Search and Rescue operation used British and Irish lifeboats, search and rescue helicopters and a RAF Nimrod aircraft.
Aircraft wreckage and two bodies were found that night by the lifeboats 11 nautical miles north of Strumble Head, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. It was appears that the aeroplane had inadvertently entered IMC on its planned route. While attempting to regain VMC control was lost, possibly as the result of spatial disorientation. The aircraft then descended rapidly, in a spiral dive, until it crashed in the sea.
The circumstances of the accident to G-EMAZ could be explained by some form of brief and temporary incapacitation of the pilot, brought on by a medical or toxicological reason, without this necessarily leaving any evidence.
A later BBC report named the two fatalities as Edward Reilly, 63, and his wife Caroline, 60, of Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. Aircraft written off (damaged beyond repair) as the registration G-EMAZ was cancelled by the CA on 09.05.2006 as "aircraft destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ef76ed915d1371000261/Piper_PA-28-181_Archer_2__G-EMAZ_07-06.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=EMAZ
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/5016512.stm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2011 14:54 | harro | Added |
| 21-Sep-2012 21:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2014 01:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2014 02:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2016 13:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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