US pilot, 53, crashes his light aircraft after satnav sends him to an airfield in Scotland that 'did not exist'
- The 53-year-old was attempting to fly to a landing strip in rural Aberdeenshire
- Landing strip was listed on the database of his Garmin GPS navigation device
- Aftr conducting three orbits the plane plummeted, hit a wall and flipped over
A pilot narrowly escaped with his life after crashing his light aircraft when his satnav directed him to an airfield that 'did not exist'.
The 53-year-old was attempting to fly to a landing strip in rural Aberdeenshire which was listed on the database of his Garmin GPS navigation device, according to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).
Upon reaching the destination he could not see anywhere to land and lost control after conducting three orbits of the area at low altitude in search of the non-existent airfield.
The plane plummeted to the ground, before striking a wall and flipping over in Aberdeenshire. Pictured, the crash scene
The plane plummeted to the ground, before striking a wall and flipping over.
The pilot, who holds a US flying licence, and his passenger escaped from the crash on June 23 last year uninjured. The aircraft suffered 'substantial damage'.
Their flight began around 40 miles away at Forfar, Angus, with an intended destination of a landing strip near Alford, which the AAIB said was 'not a recognised airfield'.
Accident investigators were told by Garmin that the location was 'not in the current database' for its navigation devices.
The AAIB report concluded: 'The airfield that the pilot was attempting to locate does not appear to exist.'
The 53-year-old was attempting to fly a light aircraft, similar to the one pictured, to a landing strip in rural Aberdeenshire
The airfield was listed on the database of his Garmin GPS navigation device
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