Coventry - Coventry

On August 17, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Coventry - Coventry experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Reconnaissance Ventures, with the event recorded near Coventry West Midlands.

The flight was categorized as calibration and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Cessna 402C aircraft G-EYES was engaged in flight calibration training and was making an ILS approach to Runway 23 at Coventry Airport when it was involved in a mid-air collision with a Rand KR-2 aircraft, G-BOLZ, operating in the visual circuit. The collision occurred in Class G (uncontrolled) airspace. The four occupants of G-EYES and the single occupant of G-BOLZ received fatal injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EYES, MSN 402-0008, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.4082°, -1.5105°.