ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18969
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 1992 |
| Time: | 14:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Liverpool Flying School Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BPAD |
| MSN: | 34-7870431 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saddle Hill, Croasdale Fell, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |
| Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Deviated from its planned track over high ground, and flew into rising ground at Saddle Hill, Croasdale Fell, in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, at 1,398 feet amsl. The aircraft entered low cloud over the Skipton area and was seen to be flying lower than the surrounding hills at 14:50 hours near Slaidburn.
From the direction of the crash debris, the subsequent AAIB investigation concluded that the aircraft was flying at 90 degrees to its intended path - in other words, directly into rising ground, instead of along a safe track through it. Despite being a very experienced pilot, the crash almost certainly occurred because he simply wasn't flying high enough after straying off his intended route in poor weather.
The Pilot - Mr Robert Gornall, aged 59, of Woolton, Liverpool - was the sole person on board, and was killed on impact. Registration G-BPAD cancelled by the CAA on 20/2/1997 (almost five years later...) as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ef7ced915d137400029d/Piper_PA-34-200T_Seneca_II__G-BPAD_11-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BPAD
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/bpad.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2012 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 10-Oct-2012 08:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 20:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 22-Apr-2016 18:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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