Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 17 OCT 2007 |
| Time: | ca 19:30 |
| Type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Operator: | Auxiliar de Actividades Aérea |
| Registration: | G-CHES |
| C/n / msn: | 2011 |
| First flight: | 1977-08-24 (30 years 2 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) from Altarejos-Guadalcanal Airport (Spain)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Altarejos-Guadalcanal Airport (LEGC), Spain |
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Shortly after takeoff the crew noted a loss of power of engine nr.2. The Islander now tended to the right, so the pilot applied left rudder. When the power on the nr.2 engine was restored, the airplane swung to the left and struck a hillside.
Sources:
» Una persona muere tras estrellarse una avioneta en la sierra de Guadalcanal (El Mundo, 17-10-2007)
» CIAIAC
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 AUG 1977 | G-BEXA | first flight | |
| 24 AUG 1977 | N3835Z | Fairoaks Aviation Services | |
| ZB503 | RAF Parachute Association | ||
| G-DIVE | RAF Parachute Association | ||
| 15 JUL 1985 | G-MALI | Malinair Ltd. | |
| 02 NOV 1987 | G-BEXA | Air Furness | |
| G-DIVE | Britten-Norman | ||
| 27 JUL 1988 | G-BPCB | Air & General Services | |
| 06 MAR 1989 | G-PASY | Medical Aviation Services Ltd. | |
| 01 MAR 1994 | G-PASY | Cheshire Police Authority | |
| 19 APR 1994 | G-CHES | The Cheshire Constabulary | |
| G-CHES | Cheshire Police Authority | ||
| 31 OCT 2001 | G-CHES | Cormack (Aircraft Services) Ltd. | |
| 24 JAN 2002 | EI-IPC | Irish Parachute Club | |
| 16 MAY 2007 | G-CHES | Cormack (Aircraft Services) Ltd. |
» source: Werner Fischdick
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
