ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17321
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Date: | Saturday 9 July 1977 |
Time: | 15:25 LT |
Type: | Socata Rallye 150ST |
Owner/operator: | Omniflight |
Registration: | OO-AMA |
MSN: | 2601 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gent-St. Denijs-Westrem (EBGT) -
Belgium
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Gent-St. Denijs-Westrem (EBGT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:First registered in Belgium as OO-AMA on 15.10.1976. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9.7.1977 when ran into a stream after a forced landing at Ghent St. Denijs-Westrem airfield, Belgium. The aircraft suffered an engine failure due to fuel exhaustion whilst on final approach. According to one report, the pilot (named in contemporary press reports as André Buysse) incorrectly selected an empty fuel tank in one wing, instead of the full one in the other wing. All three persons on board survived.
Registration OO-AMA formally cancelled 12.12.1978.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
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http://www.airfield-ghent.be/aircraftcrashes/index.html 3.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rallye.pdf 4.
http://guy-vanderlinden.com/aircraftcrashes/index-en.html 5.
http://guy-vanderlinden.com/aircraftcrashes/1977.05.09-oo-ama-st-denijs-westrem.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Apr-2008 07:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
09-Sep-2014 22:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Nov-2018 12:39 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
26-Jun-2022 21:10 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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