# NTSB CEN15WA191: Piper Piper PA-28-140, Loch Etive, United Kingdom, April 4, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 4, 2015
- Place: Loch Etive, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15WA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA191

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 4, 2015, at an unknown time, a United Kingdom registered Piper PA-28-140 airplane, G-BHXK,impacted mountainous terrain near Lock Etive, Oban, Argyll, and Bute, United Kingdom.The two occupants were fatally injured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of the United Kingdom. Further information may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Farnborough House Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-BHXK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION PIPER PA-28-140 (140)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-21106
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: David Rous
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather



From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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