ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178061
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| Date: | Saturday 25 July 2015 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Bede BD-5G |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | EI-DNN |
| MSN: | HJC4523 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Garranbane, near Dungarvan, Co. Waterford -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Waterford (WAT/EIWF) |
| Shannon (SNN/EINN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was on a general aviation flight from Waterford Airport, via Ardmore, to Shannon Airport. Some minutes after take-off the Pilot made a Mayday call and informed Air Traffic Control (ATC) that he had an engine fire, had lost elevator authority and would have to land in a field. A forced landing was attempted into a field at Garranbaun, Co. Waterford; this proved unsuccessful and the aircraft impacted the ground, with wreckage strewn over approximately 63 metres (m) along a general orientation of 050° magnetic.
There was a significant post-accident ground fire. The Pilot did not survive the accident.
Probable Cause
1. A fire which developed in the aircraft’s engine compartment following take-off from EIWF.
Contributory Cause(s)
1. Loss of elevator authority.
2. The left-hand wing impacted with a tree in a boundary hedgerow of the field in which the forced landing was attempted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/REPORT%202016-014.pdf
2. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/light-aircraft-crashes-in-co-waterford-688189.html
3. http://www.newstalk.com/Light-aircraft-crash-in-Waterford
4. https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0725/717205-light-aircraft-crash-waterford/
5. http://www.newstalk.com/Light-aircraft-crash-in-Waterford
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20161217180920/http://www.foynesairshow.com/programme/
7. http://www.foynesairshow.com/the-bd5-at-foynes-2015/
8. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Bede-BD-5G/1881961/L?sid=8c1fbd676f09c8dbc133bb4c13a2a705
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2015 20:28 | Geno | Added |
| 25-Jul-2015 21:28 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 20:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2016 06:47 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 14:25 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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