East Midlands – Manchester

On October 20, 1990 at 03:32 AM, East Midlands – Manchester experienced a crash involving Partenavia P.68, operated by Air Kilroe, with the event recorded near East Midlands Leicestershire.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed East Midlands runways 27 on a ferry flight to Manchester. During initial climb by night, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed at a speed of 160 knots and disintegrated in a field near the airport. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-BMCB, MSN 156, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.8281°, -1.3327°.