ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89993
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| Date: | Monday 11 September 2006 |
| Time: | 16:11 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A.152 Aerobat |
| Owner/operator: | Herefordshire Aero Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BHAC |
| MSN: | A152-0776 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ogwen Valley, near Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caernarfon Airport (EGCK) |
| Shobdon Airport (EGBS) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 11-9-2006 when crashed into a mountainside in the Ogwen Valley, near Bethesda, Gwynedd, Wales. Of the two persons on board, the pilot sustained serious injuries, and the passenger was killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot and his passenger flew from Shobdon to Caernarfon Airfield and planned to return late in the afternoon. On their first attempt to return, they chose a direct route back but encountered poor weather and returned to Caernarfon Airfield. After refuelling, they took off and embarked on an alternative return route via Colwyn Bay and the north Welsh coast. Eleven minutes after departing Caernarfon Airfield they struck a mountainside at 1,970 feet amsl.
A fell runner near Bethesda heard an aircraft flying close to her but was unable to see it due to the low cloud base. Initially, the engine sounded normal and then it seemed to rise in pitch for a couple of seconds before she heard a bang and then silence. She assumed the aircraft had impacted the mountainside and ran to the nearest telephone to alert the rescue services. At 17:45 hours, a Police Air Support Unit helicopter located the aircraft’s wreckage and the pilot was flown to hospital by an RAF rescue helicopter. The passenger was fatally injured in the impact.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-BHAC was cancelled by the CAA on 01-03-2007 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fb4540f0b61342000759/Cessna_A152__G-BHAC_03-07.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BHAC
3. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/shock-over-mans-death-plane-2312995
4. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/919061.print/
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7113755.stm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2011 15:03 | harro | Added |
| 21-Sep-2012 21:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2014 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2016 13:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2016 13:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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