ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156653
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Date: | Tuesday 16 August 1983 |
Time: | 10:20 LT |
Type: | Cessna 175B Skylark |
Owner/operator: | Med-Co Hospital Supplies Ltd |
Registration: | G-AROD |
MSN: | 175-56998 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Nantwich, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Barton, Lancashire (EGCB) |
Destination airport: | Cranfield, Bedfordshire (EGTC) |
Investigating agency: | AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Ex-N28814 of the US Embassy Flying Club. To G-AROD 2.10.61. Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing on a tennis court near Nantwich, Cheshire on 16.8.1983. Per the summary of the official AAIB report into the accident: "The aircraft was en route from Barton, Manchester, to Cranfield, when, at an altitude of 1,250 feet, the pilot noticed a sudden drop in the indicated oil pressure. This was quickly followed by a loud bang, and a total loss of all engine power. During the ensuing forced landing, the aircraft was seriously damaged in a collision with a tennis court fence"
Registration G-AROD cancelled as "temporarily withdrawn from use 30.5.84". However not restored to the UK civil register since...
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. Air Britain: British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919 to 1999 (published 1999)
2.
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AROD-2.pdf 3.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1243375/ 4.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1972/1972%20-%201489.PDF 5.
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Cessna%20175B%20G-AROD%2014-83.pdf 6.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Jun-2013 11:58 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
16-Jun-2013 12:27 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
18-Jun-2013 09:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
18-Jun-2014 19:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
12-Nov-2014 22:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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