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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Linwood
Friday, September 3, 1999 13:41
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On September 3, 1999, at 1341 local time, an Airtours, Inc., charter Cessna 404 Caravan, registration G-ILGW, crashed following takeoff from Glasgow, Scotland, Airport. The flight was to transport Airtours, Inc. crewmembers from Glasgow to the destination airport, Aberdeen, Scotland. The commercial and instrument rated pilot and seven of ten passengers on board were fatally injured. The three remaining passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was a post-crash fire. The flight was operating under the Civil Air Regulations of the United Kingdom.
The airplane was observed departing runway 23 at the Glasgow Airport. Ground witnesses reported that about 200 to 300 feet above ground level, the airplane veered slightly to the left and then rolled to the right and impacted the ground.
The investigator-in-charge (IIC), Air Accident Investigations Branch, United Kingdom, was assisted by investigators from Cessna and Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM). Post-crash examination found the right engine propeller in the feathered position. The landing gear and flaps were found in the UP position. The airframe was partially destroyed in the crash and post-impact fire. A teardown examination of the right engine was performed at the facilities of CSE, Inc., in Oxford, U.K., and no discrepancies were noted. The left engine and both McCauley propeller assemblies were sent to the TCM facility in Mobile, Alabama, for scheduled teardown examination, under the oversight of the AAIB and NTSB, assisted by TCM and McCauley engineers.
Pilot's United Kingdom certificate no. CP/200032F/F, ratings Commercial, ASMEL, and Instrument. Time last 90 days: 120.7 flight hours.
Airplane was manufactured by Cessna as serial no. 0690, in 1980.
The Continental GTSIO-520-M(2) engines were: Left, serial no. 276452R, having a total time of 1324 hours; and Right, serial no. 81068, having a total time of 36 hours.
For further information contact Investigator-in-Charge Richard Whidborne, or Charles Goghill, AAIB, Farnborough, United Kingdom, telephone 44-1-252 510300/fax 540535.
U.S. Accredited Representative, Thomas R. Conroy, National Transportation Safety Board, AS-20, Washington, D.C. 20594; tel. (202) 314-6314/fax-6329.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/3/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1341 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | LINWOOD |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1220 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | EGP |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 19 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 14 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 220 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 8 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 3 |
| Injury Total All | 11 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 0 |
| NTSB Notification Source | CESSNA AIRCRAFT |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 3 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 8 2006 11:54AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\JOHB |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | -- |
| NTSB Number | IAD99RA065 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | VFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 404 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 404 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | GLASGOW, SCOTLA |
| Operator State | OF |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Unknown |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Unknown |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Unknown |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | EGPF |
| Departure City | GLASGOW, SCOTLA |
| Departure State | OF |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | ABZ |
| Destination City | ABERDEEN, SCOTL |
| Destination State | OF |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 8 2006 11:54AM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOHB |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |