ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22533
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| Date: | Sunday 30 December 2007 |
| Time: | 15:48 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 601 HD Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BVPL |
| MSN: | PFA 162-1269 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near the B6453 at Midlem, 3 miles E of Selkirk, Scottish Borders -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Midlem Airstrip, Selkirk |
| Midlem Airstrip, Selkirk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a local flight lasting approximately 50 minutes from Midlem Airstrip, control of the aircraft was lost and it crashed approximately ½ nm from the airstrip. It impacted the ground in an area of gorse bushes at relatively high speed and in a nose-down attitude. The weather in the area at the time was both unlikely to have been suitable for VFR flying and highly conducive for carburettor icing. No technical or medical causal factors were identified during the investigation.
In the absence of any pre-impact technical defect being identified from the examination of the wreckage, it was concluded that the pilot may have lost control of the aircraft after entering IMC or an area of poor visibility. It was also considered possible that the engine lost power due to the effects of carburettor icing, resulting in an attempted forced landing, and which would have precluded a diversion to an airfield with more suitable weather conditions.
A BBC report named the fatality as David Trueman, 65, who lived at Glenmayne, near Galashiels. He was the pilot and registered owner of the Zenair. The registration G-BVPL was cancelled by the CAA on 17-05-2008 as aircraft "destroyed" and "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ece6e5274a131400013b/Zenair_CH_601HD_Zodiac__G-BVPL_08-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BVPL
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7562735.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7165231.stm
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7166393.stm
6. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/zodiac-g-bvpl_midlem.htm
7. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?77168-Plane-crash-near-Selkirk-30-12
8. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/faulty-engine-likely-cause-of-fatal-plane-crash-1-98062
9. http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/former-raf-officer-killed-in-hillside-plane-crash-near-selkirk-1-98047
Images:
(c) AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2008 09:09 | harro | Added |
| 01-Jan-2009 10:54 | JINX | Updated |
| 09-Dec-2014 04:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2014 04:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Sep-2016 23:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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