ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199471
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 2017 |
| Time: | 18:29 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee |
| Registration: | N250AC |
| MSN: | 31-7612040 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks Farm, Antrobus, Cheshire |
| Weston Airport (EIWT) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Approximately 20 minutes after takeoff from a private airstrip in Cheshire the pilot reported pitch control problems and stated his intention to divert to Caernarfon Airport. Approximately 5 minutes later, the aircraft struck Runway 25 at Caernarfon Airport, with landing gear and flaps retracted, at high speed, and with no noticeable flare manoeuvre. The aircraft was destroyed. The elevator trim was found in a significantly nose-down position, and whilst the reason for this could not be determined, it is likely it would have caused the pilot considerable difficulty in maintaining control of the aircraft.
The extensive fire damage to the wreckage and the limited recorded information made it difficult to determine the cause of this accident with a high level of confidence. A possible scenario is a trim runaway, and both the CAA and the EASA are taking safety action to promote awareness for trim runaways as a result of this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/642962/Caernarfon-Airport-plane-crash-Wales-explosion-Dinas-Dinlle-North-Wales-Police
2. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-41180580
3. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/caernarfon-crash-plane-made-diversion-13584469
4. https://www.facebook.com/notes/north-wales-police/light-aircraft-collision-at-caernarfon-airport/10155118776608877/
5. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/well-known-businessman-who-airstrip-13594475
6. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/antrobus-fairbank-farm/
7. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=250A
8. http://web.archive.org/web/20171128051705/http://www.baaa-acro.com:80/2017/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-310-navajo-in-caernarfon-1-killed
9. http://bristowgroup.com/bristow-news/latest-news/2017/bristow-engineers-first-scene-fight-fire-after-civ/
10. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-current-field-investigations/air-accidents-investigation-branch-current-field-investigations
Images:
Liverpool (John Lennon) Airport, (EGGP), Lancashire, UK. - 28th July 2008
Media:
Fatal accident to Piper PA-31, Gwynedd, 6 Sep 17https://t.co/Mxft5WurZc pic.twitter.com/KBGCs7y9tI
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) March 14, 2019
Re Caernarfon Air Crash - can people please avoid sharing photos of the Aircraft on social media, lets think of family and friends
— NWP Bangor /Bethesda (@NWPBangor) September 6, 2017
Witness reports seeing a plane crash at Caernarfon Airport at roughly 6.20pm https://t.co/qk6RRuZmjX pic.twitter.com/QpVSIzDm36
— Daily Post Wales (@dailypostwales) 6 septembre 2017
Witness saw the whole plane crash at Caernarfon Airport. I've just spoken to him. https://t.co/CbIuotbDdb pic.twitter.com/eQRHbBSCtv
— Tom Davidson (@DPTomDavidson) 6 septembre 2017
The AAIB has sent a team to investigate an aircraft accident that occurred at
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) September 6, 2017
Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd. https://t.co/iPaS45C9kX pic.twitter.com/iOqgNHKdKn
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2017 20:25 | Geno | Added |
| 07-Sep-2017 07:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2017 10:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 07-Sep-2017 11:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Sep-2017 12:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Sep-2017 13:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2017 15:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2017 13:37 | NWUK | Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source] |
| 11-Sep-2017 11:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2017 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2017 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2017 22:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Oct-2017 15:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Oct-2018 21:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 21:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Dec-2018 21:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2019 17:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Mar-2019 18:16 | harro | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 17-Mar-2019 22:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 24-Jul-2020 16:04 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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