ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18936
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1992 |
| Time: | 15:54 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140D Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Teesside Flight Centre Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYIO |
| MSN: | 28-26879 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Muggleswick Radio Mast, Horseshoe Hill, near Consett, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Durham Tees Valley Airport (EGNV) |
| Carlisle Airport, Crosby-on-Eden, Cumbria (EGNC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) when struck Muggleswick Radio Mast on high ground at Horseshoe Hill, near Consett, County Durham in bad weather and crashed on 7-4-1992, killing the pilot (sole person on board). The aircraft impacted into one of the radio mast support cables at 98 feet agl, and came to rest about 230 metres west of the radio mast. Accident catergorised as a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-AYIO cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 7-7-1992
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230427ed915d1374000bed/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee__G-AYIO_07-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AYIO
3. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Info/Residents_Previous/AeroClubs_FlyingSchools.htm
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AYIO.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2012 15:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2016 21:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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