ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62801
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Date: | Thursday 6 October 1983 |
Time: | 16:57 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
Owner/operator: | Arrow Group (Dublin) |
Registration: | EI-BGF |
MSN: | 28R-30121 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mynydd Prescelly, near Haverfordwest, Dyfed -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Cardiff/Rhoose Airport (CWL/EGFF) |
Destination airport: | Dublin (DUB/EIDW) |
Investigating agency: | AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Ex-SE-FAS: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.10.83. Destroyed by a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) at Mynydd Prescelly, near Haverfordwest, Dyfed, killing all 4 persons on board (pilot and three passengers).
The wreckage was found the next day on the eastern slope of the hill, at 1,650 feet AMSL and an estimated impact speed of over 100 mph. The cause of the accident was attributed to the pilot flying VFR in fog and low cloud at 1,800 feet, when visual references were becoming obscured by fog and low cloud.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Piper%20PA28R-180%20Cherokee%20Arrow%20EI-BGF%2013-83.pdf 2.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1328687/ 3.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/8744392951/in/pool-1295831@N22 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preseli_Hills 5.
http://www.iol.ie/~asire/eireg2.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
19-Jun-2014 04:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2014 22:42 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code] |
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