ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178720
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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 2015 |
| Time: | 10:28 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BLZH |
| MSN: | 1965 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Halfpenny Green Airport, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Stourbridge (EGBO) |
| Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Stourbridge (EGBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A light aircraft has crashed at Wolverhampton's Halfpenny Green Airport. It happened at about 10:25 BST on Sunday, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. The Cessna 152 ended up upside down at the side of the runway. Paramedics and the air ambulance attended but the pilot, a man in his 30s, managed to climb out of the plane unaided and escaped serious injury, the ambulance service said. "He was checked over by the Midlands Air Ambulance doctor and had no injuries on him, just a few aches and pains. He was discharged at the scene," a spokesman said.
UPDATE: According to the following extract from the summary of the official AAIB report into the accident...
"The student pilot completed a dual instructional flight of 30 minutes before being briefed by his instructor to repeat the exercise solo. Runway 34 was in use, the weather was generally fine and there was a variable surface wind of 2 knots. The instructor cautioned the student about the lack of headwind for landing and told him to modify his circuit to allow for the possibility of a light tailwind on finals.
The student took off at 08:55 hrs and completed the first part of the exercise. On final approach to land, the aircraft floated above the runway without touching down, so the student flew a go-around. On the second approach the aircraft again floated but the student felt there was adequate runway remaining to continue with the landing.
However, when the aircraft touched down, it did so heavily and bounced. The student applied full power to go-around, but was unable to maintain directional control and the aircraft veered to the left. It came to rest inverted on the grass to the left of the runway. The aircraft cabin structure remained intact and the student, who was uninjured, was able to extricate himself from the aircraft using a main door".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/56bc44e040f0b617db000010/Reims_Cessna_F152_G-BLZH_02-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BLZH
3. http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/13600141.Breaking_News__Plane_crash_at_Bobbington_Airport/
4. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2015/08/16/pilot-scrambles-free-as-plane-ends-up-on-roof-at-halfpenny-green-airport/
5. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=96535
6. https://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_Photos/photo.show?id=370062
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-33953747#_=_
8. https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2015/08/16/plane-ends-up-on-roof-at-halfpenny-green-airport/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2015 12:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Aug-2015 12:24 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
| 16-Aug-2015 17:33 | Chieftain | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 16-Aug-2015 18:26 | Chieftain | Updated [Time, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 16-Aug-2015 21:57 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2015 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2016 16:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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