ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170073
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| Date: | Tuesday 23 September 2014 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Denney Kitfox 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-TOMZ |
| MSN: | PFA 172-1197 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rectory Farm, on Barford Road, Tempsford, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sandy, Bedfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, who owned the aircraft, took off from his private strip at 07:52 hours, and departed on a southerly track towards Sandy Airfield. This was a route he flew regularly, when the weather permitted, as a means of getting to his place of work. He normally flew the route at between 2,000 feet and 4,000 feet, at a speed of between 70 knots and 80 knots. At approximately 07:25 hours he called on the Microlight Common Frequency to inform Sandy Airfield traffic that he was approaching the airfield.
An eyewitness was in her garden when she saw an aircraft which appeared to be banking steeply before entering a steep dive. The aircraft started to rotate and the speed of the rotation seemed to increase as it descended, before it disappeared from view behind bushes. The witness saw no other aircraft in the sky at the same time
G-TOMZ was located shortly afterwards by the emergency services, in a field 2.7 nautical miles to the south of St Neots. The pilot had sustained fatal injuries. Contemporary press and media reports named the deceased pilot as Stephen John Spavins, aged 46, who was also the registered owner of the aircraft. The registration G-TOMZ was cancelled by the CAA on 19 May 2015 as "destroyed" and the registered owners "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54dc6f81ed915d514100001a/Denney_Kitfox_G-TOMZ_and_Cessna_F177RG_G-AZTW_02-15.pdf
2. http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/story/2015-04-29/inquest-into-pilot-killed-in-mid-air-collision/
3. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedfordshire-plane-crash-photos-wreckage-4312030
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29326352
5. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/index.html
6. http://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/local-news/pilot-in-mid-air-collision-was-commuting-to-work-in-microlight-1-6316862
7. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=91687
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29340627
9. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2766903/Pilot-killed-mid-air-collision-two-single-seat-light-aircraft-Bedfordshire-farmland.html
10. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Media:
The AAIB has deployed a team to investigate an accident near St Neots involving two light aircraft.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) September 23, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Sep-2014 10:23 | Sirjames111 | Added |
| 23-Sep-2014 12:26 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2014 12:31 | DaveRuss | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2014 13:08 | DaveRuss | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 23-Sep-2014 16:54 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Sep-2014 19:34 | 172pilot | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2014 20:14 | 172pilot | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2014 20:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 24-Sep-2014 05:31 | javelin 678 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2014 08:15 | 172pilot | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 24-Sep-2014 08:25 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Sep-2014 09:03 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2014 15:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2014 23:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 04-Oct-2014 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-May-2015 19:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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