- Date
- January 9, 2019, 12:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Regil, Spain
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- G-OARIPiper PA28R
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98830
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Sequence of events
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Factual narrative
On January 9, 2019, about 1215 UTC, a Piper PA-28-201 Arrow III, United Kingdom registry G-OARI, impacted mountainous terrain near Regil, Guipuzcoa, Spain. The two persons on board were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled, personal, cross-country flight had departed from Cascais Municipal Aerodrome, (LPCS), Cascais, Portugal, and was destined for San Sebastian Airport (LESO), Hondarribia, Spain.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Spain. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from: Ministerio de Fomento Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes E Incidentes de Aviacion Civil (CIAIAC) C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid, Spain Telephone: +91 5978960 Facsimile: +91 4635535 E-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the CIAIAC of Spain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- G-OARI
- Reported as
- Piper PA28R (201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2837005
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- To Be Confirmed
- Registered owner
- David John Hockings
- Departed
- LPCS · Cascais
- Destination
- LESO · Hondarribia