A 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene after a crash reported at around 4.45pm on Friday, 16 October 2026, police said.
The Piper Tomahawk II, registration G-LFSU, took off from Glasgow Airport at 16:17 and stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north-east of Drymen.
The AAIB has begun an investigation and sent a team to the site near Drymen, while temporary airspace restrictions including drones remain in place.
Police Scotland said a 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man were killed when a light aircraft crashed north-east of Drymen, in Stirling, on Friday, 16 October 2026. Emergency services were called at around 4.45pm, and both people were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the next of kin of both have been informed.
The BBC identified the aircraft as a Piper Tomahawk II with the registration G-LFSU. It took off from Glasgow Airport at 16:17 and stopped transmitting at 16:37, a few miles north-east of Drymen. None of the reports says who was flying the aircraft.
The same aircraft had left Cumbernauld Airport at 11:46 that morning and made a 15-minute flight to Glasgow Airport, according to the BBC. It stayed at Glasgow until around 13:00, then flew two hours north-east to Newport on Tay before turning back towards Glasgow. After just over an hour on the ground there, it set off on the final flight.
Temporary airspace restrictions, including for drones, are in place around the village of Drymen and are likely to stay for some time while the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) works at the scene. Police Scotland warned that flying an aircraft or drone in restricted airspace is a criminal offence.
The AAIB said in a statement that a team had travelled to the accident site near Drymen, north of Glasgow, to make inquiries and gather evidence.
“An investigation has begun into an accident involving a light aircraft which occurred on October 16 2026.”
No source reports a cause for the crash, and the AAIB has not yet published one.
Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said the airport was aware of an incident involving a light aircraft that had departed from its runway. He offered sympathy to those affected.
“This is a deeply tragic event, and the thoughts and heartfelt sympathies from all at Glasgow Airport are with the friends and families affected.”
Police have not said when the restrictions around Drymen will be lifted.
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Police Scotland said a 16-year-old boy and an 80-year-old man died when a Piper Tomahawk II came down north-east of Drymen on Friday, 16 October. Temporary airspace restrictions, including for drones, remain in place around the village while investigators work.
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