ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166299
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| Date: | Sunday 15 December 2013 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: | Taylor JT.2 Titch |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BABE |
| MSN: | PFA1394 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Netherthorpe Airfield, 2 miles NW of Worksop, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Netherthorpe (EGNF) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was taking off on Runway 24 at Netherthorpe, which is grass and has a Take Off Run Available (TORA) of 490 metres. The pilot states that the wind was from 200º at 4 knots, although other observers estimated that the wind strength was closer to 10 knots.
The aircraft became airborne just after the Runway 18/36 intersection and started to climb away. The pilot reported that at a height of about 12 feet, a gust of wind from the left caused the aircraft to roll to the right and the right wingtip struck the ground. It ‘cartwheeled’ and came to rest in a field some 20 yards to the right of the runway.
Despite severe damage to the aircraft, the pilot, who suffered only minor injury, was able to evacuate through a hole in the lower fuselage made when the wings had detached.
Aircraft presumably written off (damaged beyond economic repair) as the registration G-BABE was cancelled by the CAA as "permanently withdrawn from use" on 6 May 2014
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/taylor-titch-g-babe-15-december-2013
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/537497-taylor-titch.html
4. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Taylor%20Titch,%20G-BABE%2005-14.pdf
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1190779/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2014 22:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-May-2014 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 26-Oct-2014 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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