ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34485
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| Date: | Friday 17 October 2008 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOLF |
| MSN: | 38-79A0375 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming o-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Sea, Stoupe Beck, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Durham Tees Valley Airport (EGNV) |
| Durham Tees Valley Airport (EGNV) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into the North Sea about 200 yards from the cliffs at Stoupe Beck, Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire.The aircraft suffered a loss of engine power whilst over the sea just off the North Yorkshire coast. The pilot transmitted a MAYDAY and attempted to ditch the aircraft, but it stalled just above the surface of the sea, causing its right wing to drop into the water.
The aircraft then cartwheeled and inverted before sinking. The pilot, who was not wearing a life jacket, drowned. The cause of the power loss could not be positively determined. The "Whitby Gazette" named the fatality as John Richard Ingham, (45), from the Ripon area.
The submerged aircraft was found at about 11.45am on Saturday by a police underwater search unit which then discovered the body nearby. The body of the pilot was airlifted up to the cliff before being taken to Scarborough Hospital for identification.
Registration G-BOLF cancelled by the CAA on 07.05.2009 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eac0ed915d137400002b/Piper_PA-38-112_Tomahawk__G-BOLF_09-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOLF
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/347438-aircraft-ditched-off-whitby-teeside-uk.html
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7677074.stm
5. http://www.gremline.com/index_files/page0048.htm
6. http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/local/breaking-news-aircraft-crashes-into-sea-off-robin-hood-s-bay-1-1433841
7. http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/search-continues-after-plane-crash-at-robin-hood-s-bay-1-2195119
8. http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/robin-hood-s-bay-crash-pilot-first-picture-1-1878765
9. http://web.archive.org/web/20081020093618/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk:80/news/newsediting/3769451.BREAKING_NEWS__Search_underway_after_reports_of_plane_crashing_into_sea/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2008 22:33 | SirJames111 | Added |
| 21-Oct-2008 23:39 | angels one five | Updated |
| 02-Nov-2008 08:21 | sharla | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2008 22:20 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 04-Nov-2008 23:37 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2012 16:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 01:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 01:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Jun-2016 18:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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