ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169251
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| Date: | Monday 25 April 1983 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: | Skyhook Sailwings SS-1 Powertrike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MJDN |
| MSN: | GM-01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Doncaster Aerodrome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Doncaster, South Yorkshire (EGCI) |
| Doncaster, South Yorkshire (EGCI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Substantially damaged 25/4/1983: engine failed on take off from Doncaster Airport at an altitude of 200 feet. The pilot then turned and attempted to land back at Doncaster Airport, but was unable to re-start the engine.
Due to the lack of any engine power, the aircraft began to descend rapidly, and impacted the ground short of the threshold of Runway 07. The aircraft impacted rough ground, and after touch down, bounced over the banking of a ditch, which had not been obvious to the pilot.
The pilot suffered a broken left foot, and a hairline fracture of a vertebrae. G-MJDN was substantially damaged. Presumably, it was later deemed to have been damaged beyond repair, and never repaired, and the registration was belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 13/6/1990.
NOTE: The official AAIB report gives the registration as "G-MDJN" (second and third letters of the registration transposed). The "real" G-MDJN is a Beechcraft 95-B55 (c/no TC-1574, ex-G-SUZI and G-BAXR before that) which is still currently registered in 2014
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ff9740f0b6134200093d/Skyhook_Sailwing_G-MDJN_06-83.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-MJDN.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Aug-2014 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Oct-2015 00:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
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