ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68277
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| Date: | Sunday 2 December 1984 |
| Time: | 19:10 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | D-IMOT |
| MSN: | 27-468 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Newcastle Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Ladnshut, near München, Bavaria, WEst Germany |
| Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed in fog 2 miles short of the airfield killing the pilot (sole person on board). Aircraft came down at Back Farm, East Callerton, near Newcastle Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. According to the AAIB report, a possible problem with the ILS systems may have been the cause.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Aviation News 11-24 Jan. 1985
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1103146/
3. BFU 4X0060/84
4. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Piper%20PA23%20Aztec%20D-IMOT%2004-85.pdf
5. Photos of wreckage: https://www.alamy.com/farmer-norman-cairns-told-today-of-his-mercy-dash-to-the-wreckage-of-a-crashed-plane-in-his-field-near-newcastle-airport-he-rushed-to-the-scene-with-a-tractor-after-hearing-a-bang-mr-cairns-of-east-farm-black-callerton-discovered-a-crashed-twin-engine-aircraft-and-the-pilot-trapped-in-the-wreckage-the-pilot-thought-to-be-an-austrian-is-believed-to-have-died-instantly-when-the-piper-aztec-plane-plunged-into-the-field-in-heavy-fog-03121984-image465162768.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2009 11:07 | harro | Added |
| 19-Sep-2009 10:15 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Oct-2012 18:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2013 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 19:57 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2022 22:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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