IFFR Piper crash in Sintra - Plane Crash Sites on Waymarking.com

In the bellow internet page can be found all the information, in Portuguese, about this crash.
On the local, the IFFR placed a stone in memory of the deceased members.

"Jersey pharmacist Graeme Le Quesne was killed when his Piper PA32 Lance crashed in Portugal on 3rd July 2002. Bad weather was reported at the time of the accident. Quesne, 58, the outgoing president of the Rotary Club of Jersey, was at the controls of the aircraft when it disappeared from radar view in mountainous terrain close to Cascais, nine miles west of Lisbon. An Australian couple, Graham and Josei Mockeridge, and John Festi, from Connecticut, who were passengers in the plane and fellow Rotarians, also died. Quesne, a past president of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians (IFFR), was flying with 22 other aircraft on a "Fly About" across Spain and Portugal. The pilots had attended a formal reception at Government House before flying to Barcelona for a meeting of 20,000 Rotarians from across the world.

Due to Portuguese military exercises, restrictions were imposed which changed planned departure with a 9AM to 10AM window. At the airport this was changed to “after 11 AM”. The weather was visual in Cascais and the forecast for arrival was reasonable, but with a 30% possibility of low visibility.

Graeme, with John and the Mockridges, took off with a clearance “not above 1000 feet”, closely followed by two other aircraft that continued to the destination. A fourth aircraft, which safely returned to Cascais, then departed and heard Graeme say he was also turning back. That was the last transmission heard and, after search was initiated several hours later, the wreckage was found at the 1400’ level of a 1700’ mountain several miles north." - Text by Torgut. My many thanks for the help!

Web Address for Related Web Sites: [Web Link] Date of Crash: 06/03/2002 Aircraft Model: Piper PA32-RT-300T Military or Civilian: Civilian Tail Number: B-GMEV Cause of Crash: Adverse meteorological conditions

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