ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18965
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| Date: | Friday 6 December 1974 |
| Time: | 17:21 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | McAlpine Aviation |
| Registration: | G-BBJG |
| MSN: | 31-7405401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Horsforth near Leeds, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Leeds/Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |
| Staverton, Gloucestershire (EGBJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On 6 December 1974 the aircraft took off from Leeds/Bradford Airport with one pilot and seven passengers on a charter air taxi flight to Staverton, Gloucestershire. About three minutes later the aircraft was heard and seen flying in and out of low cloud in the area south of the airport and following an apparently random flight path. This pattern terminated when it crashed in a field about two miles south of the airport approximately six minutes after take-off; there were no survivors.
Post-mortem examination of the pilot revealed that he had been suffering from coronary artery disease and the report concludes that it appears probable that he became incapacitated following an acute coronary episode in the air and was unable to maintain control of the aircraft."
Registration cancelled 30/1/1975 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/15-1975-piper-pa31-350-navajo-chieftain-g-bbjg-6-december-1974
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BBJG.pdf
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1974/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-leeds-8-killed/]
4. http://www.secretleeds.com/viewtopic.php?t=5851
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Nov-2012 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2015 16:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2015 13:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 21-Sep-2017 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Sep-2017 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Oct-2017 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Oct-2017 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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