Prestwick - East Midlands

On October 6, 1992 at 03:22 PM, Prestwick - East Midlands experienced a crash involving BAe Jetstream 31, operated by British Aerospace Corporation, with the event recorded near Prestwick Ayrshire.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Prestwick Airport on a training flight to East Midlands Airport. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the crew simulated an engine failure. The aircraft nosed up and adopted a high angle of attack with the gear still down. Ten seconds after liftoff, the copilot was still attempting to determine which engine failed and the pilot/instructor reminded him that the gear were still down. When the stall warning sounded, the pilot took over control within 2 seconds and increased engine power but the aircraft rolled to the right and crashed inverted. Both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-SUPR, MSN 956, year of manufacture 1991.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.4983°, -4.6113°.