ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146842
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 21-JUL-2012 |
| Time: | 15:21 BST |
| Type: |  Cessna F172M Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Operator: | Perranporth Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-ROUP |
| C/n / msn: | F172-1451 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sheep Rock, Nancekuke, near Portreath, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Perranporth Airfield - EGTP |
| Unknown |
The aircraft crashed into cliffs at Sheep Rock, Nancekuke, near RAF Portreath, North Cornwall. The pilot was killed in the crash.
Local police confirmed that suicide was one of the lines of inquiry being pursued by detectives.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-18940451
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Man-killed-light-aircraft-cliff-crash-Cornwall/story-16574428-detail/story.html
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.stillwellcox#!/andrew.stillwellcox
http://www.cornwallcommunitynews.co.uk/2012/07/25/spitfire-aces-cliff-face-suicide/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/23/plane-crash-suicide-police
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2177197/Pilot-killed-aircraft-crashes-cliff-bursts-flames-shortly-takeoff.html
http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1264020/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2012 00:06 | ryan | Added |
| 22-Jul-2012 10:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2012 12:53 | 86.171.148.212 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2012 13:24 | TL 9 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 10-Aug-2012 08:29 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2012 16:48 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 08-Sep-2012 15:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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