CFIT Accident Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante G-HGGS, Monday 19 November 1984

Date:	Monday 19 November 1984
Time:	20:59
Type:	Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante
Owner/operator:	Euroair
Registration:	G-HGGS
MSN:	110294
Year of manufacture:	1980
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca 9 km S of Inverness Airport (INV) - United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE)
Destination airport:	Edinburgh-Turnhouse Airport (EDI/EGPH)
Investigating agency:	AIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Euroair night time mail flight was cleared for a runway 24 departure from Inverness Airport (INV), Scotland, followed by a left turn onto track and continue direct to Edinburgh at FL95.
The aircraft took off at 20:55 returned over the field to follow the 175deg. radial of the Inverness VOR and continued below the cloud base. The aircraft soon impacted a hill and broke up. A post-impact fire erupted and the pilot was killed.
The accident happened near Saddle Hill, at an elevation of 1600 feet. Minimum altitude at that point is 4800 feet.

CONCLUSION: "Although various hypotheses could be formulated to fit these flight profiles, there is no evidence which would enable a determination as to the cause of the accident to be made with any degree of certainty."

Accident investigation: