ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13645
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Date: | Friday 12 November 1976 |
Time: | 17:22 |
Type: | Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II |
Owner/operator: | Aeroleasing SA |
Registration: | HB-LHT |
MSN: | 31T-7520003 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) -
Ireland
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Shannon, Ireland (SNN/EINN) |
Destination airport: | Geneva Airport, Switzerland (GVA/LSGG) |
Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed shortly after take off from Shannon Airport, Ireland, during the initial climb out phase: The aircraft could not maintain a positive rate of climb on takeoff and crashed. Aircraft caught fire after impace, and all five person on board (pilot and four passengers) were killed.
Probable Cause:
The accident likely resulted from the pilot's inability to maintain a positive rate of climb after a takeoff in visibility conditions below company minimums.
Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's limited experience on the type and the degree of attention required of the pilot due to the adverse flight characteristics of the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
Report number: | UNK77X0101 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
BFU Switzerland
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
06-Aug-2017 18:46 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
07-Sep-2017 20:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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