ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18665
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 25-AUG-1972 |
| Time: | 17:40 local |
| Type: |  Cessna FA.150L Aerobat (Reims) |
| Operator: | Warren Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYKM |
| C/n / msn: | FA150-0084 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chevening House, Knockholt, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) |
Stalled and spun into the ground from a low altitude (approx 1,000 feet agl) shortly after take off and during the initial climb phase from Biggin Hill. The AAIB report concluded that the aircraft was at too low an altitude to recover, and the pilot may have been disorientated by the hazy conditions. Both persons on board - pilot and one passenger - were killed.
Registration G-AYKM belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 8/10/1975 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/17-1973%20G-AYKM.pdf
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYKM.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Sep-2011 09:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2012 14:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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