ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140471
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| Date: | Sunday 18 December 2011 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Pitts S-2C Special |
| Owner/operator: | Aerobatics Leicester Ltd |
| Registration: | G-IICI |
| MSN: | 6017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gartree Road, Great Stretton, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire (EGBG) |
| Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire (EGBG) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two light aircraft have collided over Great Stretton, Leicestershire. The pilot of a Taylorcraft died at the scene, when the aircraft crashed into Gartree Road. The other aircraft involved, a Pitts S-2 Special (G-IICI), had two people on board, both of whom were slightly injured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The mid-air collision occurred when both aircraft were on the crosswind leg of the visual circuit for Runway 33 at Leicester Airport, soon after G-BVXS had taken off and as G-IICI had joined the circuit from the northeast. G-BVXS became uncontrollable after the collision and the pilot was fatally injured when the aircraft struck the ground. The two occupants of G-IICI were uninjured after making a forced landing".
The final AAIB report (see link #1) notes that G-IICI was "damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-IICI was cancelled by the CAA on 15/6/2012 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423019340f0b61342000a1f/Taylorcraft_BC12D_Twosome_G-BVXS_Pitts_S-2C_Pitts_Special_G-IICI_11-12.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-16236184
4. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/2011/12/18/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash-near-leicester-airport-115875-23645182_?service=responsive/
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075780/Two-light-aircraft-involved-mid-air-collision-Leicestershire.html
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1242942
7. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000630164.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2011 11:39 | saf7670 | Added |
| 18-Dec-2011 11:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2011 16:50 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2011 11:20 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 09-Sep-2012 12:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Dec-2014 03:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Sep-2015 00:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2016 19:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2016 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2016 19:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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