ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138735
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| Date: | Friday 31 December 1982 |
| Time: | 11:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F172H Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Robinaire Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYXX |
| MSN: | F172-0656 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lydd Airport, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lydd Airport, Kent (LYX/EGMD) |
| Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) whilst parked at Lydd Airport, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent. When the pilot turned the master switch, and selected "flaps down", smoke began billowing from behind the left hand side of the instrument panel. The pilot vacated the aircraft and went off to fetch a fire extinguisher.
Airport and local authority fire services were called, but, by the time they arrived, the cockpit was filled with smoke, and substantial heat and smoke damage had been caused to the instrument panel, radio, and windscreens. All of this was sufficient to render the aircraft as a write off (beyond economic repair). At no point, however, were any flames seen.
The subsequent examination of the damaged air frame determined that the cause of the fire was an electrical fire in the cockpit instrument wiring behind the instrument panel.
Registration G-AYXX formally cancelled by the CAA as "withdrawn from use" 18.5.1983
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYXX-2.pdf
2. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/cessna-172-g-ayxx-31-december-1982
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 05:03 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 24-Jun-2012 16:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2012 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 18:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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