What happened
On February 13, 2008, at 1540 UTC, a Piper PA-28R-200, registration G-BKFZ, crashed into trees near Rutland Water, United Kingdom. The flight had departed from Spanhoe Airstrip, an unlicensed airfield located south of Rutland Water, and was en route to a private farm strip near Empingham.
At the time of the accident, the area was experiencing reduced visibility. The impact with the terrain resulted in the destruction of the aircraft and 1 fatality.