ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27487
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| Date: | Saturday 20 October 1990 |
| Time: | 03:32 LT |
| Type: |  Partenavia P.68B Victor |
| Owner/operator: | Air Kilroe |
| Registration: | G-BMCB |
| MSN: | 156 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 miles from East Midlands Airport, near Castle Donnington, Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGMX) |
| Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed shortly after take off from East Midlands Airport, whilst on a ferry/positioning flight back to the Air Kilroe base at Manchester. Aircraft came down 2 miles from East Midlands Airport near Castle Donnington, Derbyshire, and was destroyed by fire, killing the pilot (the sole person on board).
The subsequent AAIB investigation attributed the cause of the crash to instrument failure, particularly with the artificial horizon, due to water ingress into the instrument panel. Due to the fact that the aircraft was flying at night (3:30 am), there were no visual reference points, so the aircraft was being flown on instruments, which gave a false indication of the aircraft's attitude - G-BMCB was seen by eyewitnesses to have flown into the ground under full power, at a shallow angle
Registration G-BMCB cancelled by the CAA on 16/7/1991 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f95640f0b613460007af/Partenavia_P68B__G-BMCB_02-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BMCB
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BMCB.html
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1990/archives/crash-of-a-partenavia-p-68-in-east-midlands-1-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Oct-2012 11:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2012 11:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2016 03:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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