ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156922
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| Date: | Thursday 11 April 2002 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Modern Air (UK) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BNPL |
| MSN: | 38-79A0524 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fowlmere Aerodrome, Royston, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fowlmere Aerodrome, Royston, Hertfordshire (EGMA) |
| Fowlmere Aerodrome, Royston, Hertfordshire (EGMA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 April 2002 when crashed at Fowlmere Aerodrome, Royston, Hertfordshire. No injuries were reported to the pilot (the sole person on board). According to the following excerpt from the AAIB report into the accident:
"The student pilot was flying her fourth solo circuit exercise, having just completed 35 minutes circuit training with an instructor. On her fourth circuit to Runway 07, and having carried out a normal approach, the pilot stated that she misjudged the round out resulting in the aircraft bouncing approximately 30 feet into the air.
The pilot attempted to land from this bounce but in doing so cannot remember applying any power. The aircraft then landed nose wheel first causing the nose leg to collapse. The aircraft came to an abrupt halt on the grass runway having slewed through approximately 40 degrees to the right. The pilot turned off the fuel and engine master switch before vacating the aircraft unaided. The student pilot's training records showed that she had twice been taught the correct 'bounce' recovery technique, once in March and again on the day of the accident before she was sent solo".
Damage sustained to G-BNPL: Nose leg collapsed, damage to engine frame and firewall bulkhead. Although CAA records show that G-BNPL was sold on to the Cardiff-Wales Flying Club on 25 July 2002, this may have been for spares use only. The registration G-BNPL was finally cancelled 24 March 2005 as "Addressee Status: Gone Away"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3ede5274a13170004d1/dft_avsafety_pdf_502094.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BNPL
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000162109.html
Media:
Piper PA-38 Tomahawk G-BNPL on 02-06-2000:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2013 09:08 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 22-Jun-2013 09:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2015 16:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2015 16:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2016 19:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 20-Jul-2016 19:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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