ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166726
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 January 1981 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Owner/operator: | Boston Deep Sea Fisheries Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BOST |
| MSN: | 27-7754058 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Riplingham, 4nm N of Brough, East Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Brough, East Yorkshire (EGNB) |
| Carnaby Airfield, East Yorkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21.1.81: flew into high ground at Riplingham, 4 nautical miles north of Brough, East Yorkshire, three minutes after take off from Brough. The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Brough to Carnaby, and the pilot (sole person on board) was killed. The crash appears to have happened on or shortly after 10:20am local, with the aircraft being reported as "overdue" at 11:04am, when it failed to arrive at Carnaby airfield. A search was initiated, and the wreckage was found at 16:00 hours
Registration G-BOST cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" one year and seven days later, on 28.1.82
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ffa3ed915d1371000a3f/10-1981_G-BOST.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BOST.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riplingham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2014 02:57 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Jun-2014 02:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 03:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Feb-2015 14:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 23-Oct-2015 18:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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