ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70032
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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 2009 |
| Time: | 15:08 |
| Type: | Taylor J.T.2 Titch |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MISS |
| MSN: | PFA3234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | Walter Minor 4-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Morton's Leam, Eldernell Lane, Coates, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft had been built from plans and was flying on a Permit to Fly. The owner lent the aircraft to a friend who, for his first trip in this type of aircraft, was briefed to fly a few stalling exercises followed by a few circuits back at the airstrip. The weather conditions were good and the aircraft departed from grass Runway 36.
It was last seen by the owner at a height of approximately 2,000 ft, several miles to the north of the airstrip in a left turn. Witnesses saw a small aircraft enter a steep spiral dive, complete several revolutions, then crash into a bank on the edge of the River Nene.
The AAIB investigation found no mechanical cause for the accident. The spin characteristics of the aircraft were assessed by an aerodynamicist, who considered that the aircraft would probably recover from a spin should the pilot make the correct control inputs.
The post mortem revealed that the pilot’s cause of death was multiple injuries, although, given his medical history, it was considered possible that he had suffered from an incapacitating cardiac event just prior to the accident.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". despite this, the registration G-MISS has never been cancelled by the CAA.
NOTE: Despite some reports to the contrary at the time, the pilot who was killed was NOT the aircraft's registered owner, but another pilot, who was a friend of the owner of G-MISS. According to the CAA database (see link #2) the registered owner is a Mr. David Beale, and the pilot whio was killed was named in contemporary press reports (see links #6 & #7) as "Francis Joseph Ball, 70, of Jubilee Farm, Plash Drove, Tholomas Drove, Wisbech St Mary",
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230126e5274a1317000b09/Taylor_Titch__G-MISS_09-10.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/pilot-is-killed-as-aircraft-crashes-1-142591
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cambridgeshire/8354494.stm
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?95605-Fatal-crash-in-the-Fenlands-on-Sunday
6. http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/not-enough-evidence-to-determine-cause-of-fenland-air-crash-which-killed-pilot-1-648940
7. http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2009/11/video-fens-aircraft-crash-pilot-named.html
8. https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/environment/investigation-into-light-aircraft-tragedy-1-142640
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2009 20:56 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-Nov-2009 23:25 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2009 04:56 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 16-Oct-2012 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2014 21:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 14-Nov-2016 01:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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