ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244827
Last updated: 7 December 2020
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| Date: | 12-NOV-2020 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  Rotorsport UK Cavalon |
| Owner/operator: | Highland Aviation |
| Registration: | G-CKYT |
| C/n / msn: | RSUK/CVLN/027 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Avoch, Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) |
A gyrocopter crashed in a field in Avoch, Black Isle, Ross & Cromarty. The 67-year-old male pilot was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sources:
1. https://mipp.police.uk/operation/SCOT20S30-PO1 Police Scotland Operation MASONRY appeal for witnesses
2. https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/black-isle-emergency-services-respond-light-aircraft-crash-scottish-highlands-3033940
3. https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/breaking-news-light-aircraft-has-crashed-near-avoch-218159/
4. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/plane-crash-black-isle-sparks-22999818
5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/12/aircraft-came-highlands/
6. https://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/helicopter-crashes-into-field-on-the-black-isle
7. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/2643463/multi-agency-response-after-helicopter-incident-in-the-highlands
8. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/2645137/highland-woman-describes-horror-moment-she-saw-tragic-helicopter-plummet-from-sky-a/
9. https://highlandaviation.com/pages/our-fleet
10. https://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/news/witnesses-sought-to-highland-gyrocopter-tragedy-218293/
11. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54930785
12. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-54993557
Media:
We have been notified of an accident involving a gyrocopter near Avoch, Scotland. A team of inspectors are on their way to commence an investigation. pic.twitter.com/iYncnQ9uop
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) November 12, 2020
Inverness flying school 'devastated' by the death of a pilot in a light aircraft crash on the Black Isle https://t.co/js57MfqpvZ
— BBC Scotland News (@BBCScotlandNews) November 13, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 14:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2020 14:36 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2020 16:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2020 17:45 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 12-Nov-2020 17:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 12-Nov-2020 19:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2020 22:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 15:44 | Solicitorious | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 13-Nov-2020 15:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature] |
| 13-Nov-2020 16:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 17:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 18:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2020 18:37 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2020 17:28 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
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