ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175891
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| Date: | Sunday 3 May 2015 |
| Time: | 12:13 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B55 Baron |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-RICK |
| MSN: | TC-1472 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Carse of Gowrie, west of Abernyte, Perthshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) |
| Dundee Airport (DND/EGPN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Rescue teams searching for a light aircraft with two people on board have found a plane about 10 miles (16 km) west of Dundee Airport. The missing aircraft, believed to be flying from Inverness, was due to arrive at the airport at about 12:00. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane about four miles (6.4 km) west of the airport.
Police Scotland said a plane was found on high ground close to the village of Abernyte in Perthshire, west of Dundee Airport. The two occupants on board the aircraft received fatal injuries. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was cleared for an ILS/DME approach to Runway 09 at Dundee Airport. Although it was raining and windy, the weather conditions were suitable for the approach. The pilot made a radio transmission reporting he was 4 nautical miles to the west of the runway, on final approach, but the aircraft failed to arrive. A Search and Rescue helicopter located the aircraft wreckage on high ground 6.7 nautical miles west of the airport. The investigation determined that it was likely that the instrument approach, carried out in IMC, was flown using range information based on the GPS distance from the ‘DND’ NDB (Dundee Non-Directional Beacon), located 2.6 nautical miles west of the airport, instead of using DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) distance from the runway".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-RICK was cancelled by the CAA on 20/10/2015 as "destroyed"
Sources:
NTSB
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-32573938
3. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/aaib-deployment
4. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/568474/two-men-killed-plane-crash/
5. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/245010/two-men-dead-after-aircraft-crash-in-tayside/
6. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
7. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491962/AAIB_Bulletin_1-2016.pdf
Media:
The AAIB has deployed a team to investigate a light aircraft accident near Dundee, Scotland.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) May 3, 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2015 17:09 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 03-May-2015 20:00 | Geno | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2015 20:20 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2015 20:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2015 11:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2015 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 04-May-2015 11:33 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2015 13:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2015 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2015 16:05 | jimmy@carron.uk.com | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Jul-2015 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Jan-2016 10:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 15:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 15:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2016 18:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Jun-2023 07:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Embed code]] |
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