AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior, G-CCZV and Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior III, G-BZBS

Mid-air collision, near Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, 30 September 2016.

Summary:

G-CCZV and G-BZBS were approaching each other on a collision course. Neither pilot saw the other aircraft in time to take avoiding action. Each pilot’s attention was inside the cockpit immediately before the collision.

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Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior, and Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior III, G-BZBS 03-17

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Published 9 March 2017