ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21702
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 December 2007 |
| Time: | 17:09 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III |
| Owner/operator: | Air Medical Fleet Ltd |
| Registration: | G-LENY |
| MSN: | 34-8233205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-KB |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Great Wytham Woods, Wytham, near Botley, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth City Airport (EGHD) |
| Oxford Airfield, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, with one pilot on board, was flying a non-precision approach to Runway 01 at Oxford (Kidlington) Airport when the accident occurred. It was night and the weather was poor. The aircraft commenced its final descent 2.3 nautical miles before the correct descent point, and continued to descend below the step-down Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA).
It struck trees near the summit of a hill, 3.6 nautical miles before the runway threshold, in what appeared to have been controlled flight. The pilot survived with serious injuries. No technical faults or defects were identified as contributory factors to the accident, which the investigation concluded was an instance of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT). A contemporary press report (see link #5) named the pilot as "Mr Tom Miller, aged 52, a husband and father-of-three of Folland Close in Chipping Norton"
Registration G-LENY cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 21.08.2008
**NOTE: The AAIB report gives the crash location of G-LENY as "4 nautical miles south of Oxford (Kidlington) Airport". However, the "Oxford Mail" the local newspaper for the Oxford area, and the BBC, give the crash location as "Great Wytham Woods, at Wytham, near Botley, Oxford."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ff8fed915d1371000a33/Piper_PA-34-220T_Seneca_III__G-LENY_07-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=LENY
3. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1917536.plane_crash_pilot_in_hospital/
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7153517.stm
5. https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/plane-crash-update-daughter-speaks-of-quot-brave-quot-dad-1-593955
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7152860.stm
7. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/1917609.plane_crash_residents_in_shock/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2008 11:27 | harro | Added |
| 09-Dec-2014 01:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2016 21:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2016 21:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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