ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1023
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| Date: | Saturday 11 March 2006 |
| Time: | 14:46 |
| Type: |  Auster J/1N (Modified) |
| Owner/operator: | Electronic Precision Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AHCL |
| MSN: | 1977 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Caernarfon Airport, 4.6 miles SW of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Caernarfon Airport (EGCK) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After an uneventful landing, the pilot taxied the aircraft to the apron where he carried out a 180 degree' turn to facilitate his re-entry onto the taxiway after disembarking a passenger and baggage. As the aircraft started to taxi with the control column fully aft, the effect of a quartering crosswind began to turn the aircraft left towards a hangar. The pilot applied full right rudder and used progressive application of right wheel brake to correct the turn, which brought the wind onto the aircraft's tail, whereupon it began to rise. The pilot immediately released the brakes and closed the throttle, in an attempt to lower the tail, but it continued to rise until the nose of the aircraft struck the ground, damaging the propeller and engine cowlings.
The pilot considered that the combination of the down slope of the apron, the aircraft's forward CG position and the fact that there was now only a single occupant, negated his efforts to bring the aircraft under control. Damage to wing and propeller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f399ed915d137400047d/Auster_J1N__Modified___G-AHCL_06-06.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AHCL
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/skyartwales/20487255384
Images:
RAF Gaydon 14th September 1963
Gloucestershire (Staverton) (EGBJ) Airport, UK - 9th February 1957
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2008 05:34 | JINX | Added |
| 10-Dec-2012 14:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2014 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 21-Aug-2016 18:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Feb-2020 18:02 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 18-Feb-2020 17:11 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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