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Date: | Wednesday 11 June 1986 |
Time: | 11:45 UTC |
Type: | Piper PA-31 Navajo |
Owner/operator: | International Airways Cymru |
Registration: | G-BFON |
MSN: | 31-405 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Carterton, 1/2 mile N of RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Kidlington Aerodrome, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) |
Destination airport: | Cardiff/Wales Airport (CWL/EGFF) |
Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed 11-6-1986 whilst making an emergency landing at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. The cause of the emergency landing was engine failure due to a fuel leak. Aircraft caught fire on impact, and was destroyed by fire. However, all three persons on board escaped, although some burns injuries were sustained.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. AAIB:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3c440f0b613460004ef/Piper_PA-31_Navajo_G-BFON_09-86.pdf 2. CAA:
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/ 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1986/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-brize-norton/]
4. G-BFON was ex-SE-FHB (History March 1969 to March 1987):
http://forum3.sff.n.se/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12767 Media:
Piper PA-31-350 G-BFON at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) 2-9-1981:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
09-Nov-2012 14:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
23-Oct-2016 15:35 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
07-Oct-2017 23:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |