ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150626
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| Date: | Sunday 11 November 2012 |
| Time: | 16:44 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F150H (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | EI-AST |
| MSN: | F15000273 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clonkelly Upper, two miles from Birr airfield, County Offaly -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Birr Airfield (EIBR) |
| Birr Airfield (EIBR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft conducted six flights at Birr Airfield on the day of the accident. On each occasion there were two pilots on board, the Instructor and another. The first series of three flights, each of one hour duration, was recorded as having commenced at 10.15 hrs and concluded at 14.00 hrs. Birr Airfield records showed that the aircraft was being refuelled at 14.05 hrs with 43.08 litres of AVGAS
100LL. It was reported by two witnesses that this brought the fuel quantity to the standard club fuel load of 60 litres.
Following this, three training details ensued with the same Instructor but with different students.
The third detail, the accident flight, entailed circuit training with the Student pilot. Following a touch-and-go landing on Runway (RWY) 18 the aircraft was observed by witnesses to climb away. At 16.44 hrs during the climb out witnesses heard the engine stop and observed the aircraft make a steep descending turn to the left before disappearing from view.
Probable Cause
1. Stall and associated loss of control following power loss due to fuel starvation.
Contributory Cause(s)
1. Failure to maintain adequate airspeed following a power loss.
2. Inadequate fuel management.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/REPORT%202013-013.pdf
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/emergency-workers-plane-crash-194118191.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/two-killed-in-light-aircraft-crash-28921132.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.eveningecho.ie/2012/11/11/paramedics-at-scene-of-offaly-plane-crash/]
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2012/1112/345211-investigations-under-way-into-offaly-plane-crash/
Images:
(c) AAIU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2012 13:20 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Nov-2012 13:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2012 13:58 | Flymoll | Updated [[Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
| 11-Nov-2012 19:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2012 19:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2012 06:31 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2012 07:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2012 13:30 | FERRYAIR | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Nov-2012 13:37 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 14-Dec-2012 11:47 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2013 20:46 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:01 | harro | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 25-Jan-2020 15:12 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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