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| Date: | Saturday 9 August 2014 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  CZAW SportCruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-EWZZ |
| MSN: | LAA338-14815 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2010 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kingarth Airstrip, Isle of Bute, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kingarth Airstrip, Isle of Bute, Scotland |
| Strathaven Airfield, South Lanarkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Destroyed 9 August 2014 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) on take off from Kingarth Airstrip, Isle of Bute, Scotland, with one of the two persons on board being killed. According to the summary of the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Shortly after takeoff from Runway 27 at Bute Airstrip, the pilot reported that the engine appeared to lose power and the aircraft was no longer able to climb. With the area around the airfield unsuitable for a landing he attempted to return to the runway, but in doing so flew into the ground. The aircraft came to rest upside down in a ditch and caught fire. The pilot and passenger sustained serious burns from which the passenger later died.
The aircraft was fitted with a ballistic parachute recovery system which had not been activated during the flight. However, the investigation highlighted a number of issues, concerning such systems, which present a risk to the aircraft occupants and first responders following an accident.
Seven Safety Recommendations were made to address the risk to individuals following an accident involving an aircraft equipped with a ballistic parachute recovery system".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-28723034
2. http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/local-headlines/man-dies-following-bute-aircraft-crash-1-3504796
3. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/man-injured-in-light-aircraft-crash-on-bute-dies-in-hospital.24999042
4. https://stv.tv/news/west-central/285792-one-man-dies-and-another-badly-injured-after-light-aircraft-crash/
5. http://www.scottishaeroclub.org.uk/articles.php?article_id=9&y=2035&m=7
6. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
7. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/55532790ed915d15db00005e/CZAW_SportCruiser_G-EWZZ_05-15.pdf
Media:
The AAIB are deploying a team to a investigate a light aircraft accident on the Isle of Bute, Scotland
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) August 9, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Aug-2014 18:35 | Jan Olieslagers | Added |
| 10-Aug-2014 12:52 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Aug-2014 12:52 | sharla82 | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2014 04:16 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 11-Aug-2014 06:32 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 11-Aug-2014 12:10 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 12-Aug-2014 06:05 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 08-Sep-2014 02:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-Feb-2015 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-May-2015 01:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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