ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166720
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| Date: | Sunday 31 March 2013 |
| Time: | 13:55 LT |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1T |
| Owner/operator: | The Wild Bunch (regd. owners) |
| Registration: | G-WILD |
| MSN: | 1017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-360-A1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | White Waltham Airfield, near Maidenhead, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | White Waltham, Berkshire (EGLM) |
| White Waltham, Berkshire (EGLM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged on landing at White Waltham, Berkshire 31 March 2013.
On touchdown, the aircraft pitched nose-down, and somersaulted completely onto its back before coming to rest once again erect, but substantially damaged. A witness stated that the approach had appeared normal, and that on touchdown, the aircraft “flipped dramatically, as if it had hit a divot”.
The pilot, uninjured, evacuated the aircraft and was attended by staff on the airfield and then emergency services. She stated that three things contributed to her survival: having been flying aerobatics, her harness was fully tight; a thick energy-absorbing foam cushion on the seat protected her back; and although her head had apparently shattered the canopy, a leather flying helmet had prevented injury.
Photographs showed that the aircraft had touched down amongst ruts slightly to the side of the 30 metres width of licensed runway.
The ruts had been left by a vehicle deploying and retrieving portable runway lighting, used for night flying operations. The airfield operator made several changes to procedures as a result of the investigation.
G-WILD was substantially damaged, and the registration was cancelled on 14 June 2013 as "temporarily withdrawn from use". It is worth noting that the Facebook page of "The Wild Bunch" (the owners of G-WILD) has not been updated since 12 August 2012...
In May 2013 the damaged airframe was sold to Nalson Aviation, who, in turn, sold it on during January 2014 for a rebuild.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/pitts-s-1t-special-g-wild-31-march-2013
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wild-Bunch/160915640641500
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20091103103150/http://www.pitts.org.uk:80/planes.html
5. https://afors.com/index.php?page=adview&adid=25531&imid=0
Media:
Damaged Pitts Special S1T acquired from White Waltham in May '13 - Delivered for rebuild January '14! pic.twitter.com/2nhiArTfiV
— Nalson Aviation Ltd. (@nalsonaviation) February 6, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2014 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2014 23:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2014 21:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 21-Aug-2015 23:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Sep-2015 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2015 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
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