KingAir crash near Chigwell?
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KingAir crash near Chigwell?
Have heard a Kingair 200 has crashed in flames near Chigwell Essex ? Was also told an LEA aircraft
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There's certainly a track for one of their aircraft leaving LTN and terminating very close to the location of the crash on Flight Radar. The times don't match however but FR24 is not the most accurate. Very sad loss.
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Stapleford Tawney, 3 October 2015 – London Executive Aviation (‘LEA’) regrets to
confirm that one of its executive turboprop aircraft (registration number G‐BYCP), flying
from Stapleford Airport in Essex to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, was involved in an
accident today.
The accident occurred around 10:20am, almost immediately after take‐off, when the
aircraft came down in a field close to Stapleford Airport.
The only people aboard the aircraft were two crew members. Essex Police has
confirmed that both crew died as a result of the accident. No passengers were on‐board
and no parties were harmed on the ground.
The aircraft involved is a Beechcraft King Air 200 executive turboprop which is owned
and operated by London Executive Aviation. The aircraft was manufactured in 1981 and
had its most recent scheduled maintenance inspection on 12 June 2015.
Both crew were highly experienced professional pilots. The captain had extensive
experience of flying King Air aircraft and was a CAA flying examiner.
London Executive Aviation’s managing director George Galanopoulos went immediately
to the accident site. He said: “Everybody at London Executive Aviation is shocked and
deeply saddened by this tragic accident. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of
our colleagues who lost their lives. We will do everything possible to support them at
this difficult time. We will also co‐operate fully with the authorities charged with
investigating the causes of the accident.”
confirm that one of its executive turboprop aircraft (registration number G‐BYCP), flying
from Stapleford Airport in Essex to Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, was involved in an
accident today.
The accident occurred around 10:20am, almost immediately after take‐off, when the
aircraft came down in a field close to Stapleford Airport.
The only people aboard the aircraft were two crew members. Essex Police has
confirmed that both crew died as a result of the accident. No passengers were on‐board
and no parties were harmed on the ground.
The aircraft involved is a Beechcraft King Air 200 executive turboprop which is owned
and operated by London Executive Aviation. The aircraft was manufactured in 1981 and
had its most recent scheduled maintenance inspection on 12 June 2015.
Both crew were highly experienced professional pilots. The captain had extensive
experience of flying King Air aircraft and was a CAA flying examiner.
London Executive Aviation’s managing director George Galanopoulos went immediately
to the accident site. He said: “Everybody at London Executive Aviation is shocked and
deeply saddened by this tragic accident. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of
our colleagues who lost their lives. We will do everything possible to support them at
this difficult time. We will also co‐operate fully with the authorities charged with
investigating the causes of the accident.”
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Accidents like this - good crew, good weather, good twin aircraft and immediatly after takeoff - are very very rare. I have to wonder if it had been topped up with the wrong fuel.
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I'm not sure that the weather in the area could have been described as good. There had certainly been a lot of fog around since dawn in most of the East London area.
FR24 has a trace on G-CIJW responding to the site; G-JW was at very low level for most of it's flight to the scene.
FR24 has a trace on G-CIJW responding to the site; G-JW was at very low level for most of it's flight to the scene.
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From memory, the METARs for Stansted either side of the time of the crash gave a met vis of 700m then 1600m and a cloud ceiling of overcast at 100ft. Stansted had been foggy since first light with RVRs down to 250m and the weather was just starting to improve.
Thoughts are with the family of the crew and their friends and colleagues.
Thoughts are with the family of the crew and their friends and colleagues.
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I have to wonder if it had been topped up with the wrong fuel.
(Presuming they didn't add coal or split logs as "wrong" fuel).
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immediatly after takeoff
running on Avgas 100LL is authorised in the Kingair POH, with time limitations