View Full Version : Cessna Pilot Killed North Hampshire
newswatcher
8th Feb 2002, 12:48
Reported that pilot killed in accident yesterday evening. Wreckage found at 19:00hrs, by engineers investigating why power lost near Hannington, NW of Basingstoke. Believed to be on way from Blackpool to Popham. Model provisionally given as Cessna 150, London owner.
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eyeinthesky
8th Feb 2002, 20:34
Weather at Bournemouth (elevation 30ft) yesterday afternoon when I landed was 500ft BKN at best with a vis of 4000m-ish. Coming over the top of the New Forest on the A31 (in the car, naturally!) at about 1730 the drizzle and cloud were on the deck. Not the best of days to try to get into a grass airfield at an elevation of 550ft with no approach aids. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
Having said that, as always very sad when someone goes down in this way.