ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177586
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| Date: | Sunday 5 July 2015 |
| Time: | 10:48 UTC |
| Type: |  Rans S-6ES Coyote II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CDVF |
| MSN: | 204-14464 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912-UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shifnal Airfield, Shaw Lane, Shifnal, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shifnal Airfield, Shropshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, an amateur built microlight, impacted airport terrain shortly after takeoff at Shifnal Airfield in Shropshire, England. The airplane came to rest inverted sustaining substantial damage and was partially consumed by the post-impact fire. The two occupants on board the aircraft received serious injuries. According to a press release issued by Shropshire Fire & Rescue:
"Shaw Lane, Shifnal
Station ground: Telford Central
Sunday, 5 July, 2015 10:52
At 10:52 on Sunday, 5 July, 2015, Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service Fire Control received a call reporting an incident classified as Aircraft Light in Shifnal. 5 fire appliances including the Foam Pod were mobilised from Telford Central, Tweedale and Wellington. An Operations officer was in attendance. Attending crews used the following equipment: Cutters/Spreaders
Also at the scene of the incident were: the Air Ambulance, the Land Ambulance Service and the Police. One light aircraft crashed on take off, one casualties ejected and treated by ambulance personnel, taken to hospital by land ambulance, one person trapped, crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to release and taken to hospital via air ambulance"
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial" damage. As a result, the registration G-CDVF was cancelled by the CAA on 19-8-2015 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/56f16ac5e5274a14d9000014/Rans_S6-ES_G-CDVF_04-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CDVF
3. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/two-hurt-plane-crash-fireball-9590802
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20151224083636/http://www.shropshirelive.com/2015/07/05/quick-actions-save-lives-of-two-people-as-light-aircraft-crashes-at-shifnal-airfield/
5. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-shropshire-33402755
6. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/07/05/two-hurt-in-shifnal-light-aircraft-crash/
7. https://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/33637
8. https://wmas.nhs.uk/2015/07/05/light-aircraft-crash-landing-at-shifnal-airfield/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jul-2015 15:58 | Geno | Added |
| 05-Jul-2015 18:45 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2015 20:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 06-Jul-2015 01:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Jul-2015 01:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2016 18:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2016 16:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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