Serious Incident to an ATR 72 operated by Aurigny Air Services on 21/12/2016 near Guernsey Island [Investigation led by AAIB / United Kingdom]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the United Kingdom authorities:

Brief loss of control due to ice accretion on the aircraft while in the climb

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General information
Local date	21/12/2016
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	Depuis AD Guernsey
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0779

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	United Kingdom - Aurigny Air Services Ltd
Manufacturer / Model	ATR - ATR72
Aircraft Registration	G-COBO
State of registry	United Kingdom
Last departure point	United Kingdom - EGJB (GCI) : Guernsey, Channel Is.
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGCC (MAN) : Manchester/Intl
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	852
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.