ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180409
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1996 |
| Time: | 15:54 |
| Type: |  Pierre Robin R1180T Aiglon |
| Owner/operator: | Berkshire Aviation Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BLZD |
| MSN: | 225 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 miles SW of Fairoaks Airport, Chertsey Road, Chobham, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairoaks Airport, Surrey (EGTF) |
| Fairoaks Airport, Surrey (EGTF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-F-GBUZ; first UK registered as G-BLZD on 19/6/1985. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/2/1996 when crashed three miles South West of Fairoaks Airport, Chertsey Road, Chobham, Woking, Surrey. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot had not flown the aircraft for 3 months and planned to conduct a local familiarisation flight. He conducted pre-flight checks, took-off at 15:48 hours and carried out a touch-and-go, followed by a climb out to the south-west of Fairoaks.
As the aircraft was being levelled at 1,400 feet amsl the left side of the engine upper cowl panel detached and displaced upwards and rearwards. The panel struck the windscreen, making a 30 cm x 23 cm hole. The panel remained attached at the back of the right side, but severely displaced and obscuring forward vision
The pilot informed Fairoaks Radio of the problem and of his intention to return. An emergency was not declared but the AFIS(O) judged from the R/T exchanges and the background noise apparent during R/T transmissions from G-BLZD that the aircraft was in difficulties,sounded the crash alarm and cleared the circuit.
The aircraft landed on Runway 06 at 15:58 hours, attended by the Airport Fire Service, without further damage."
Damage sustained to airframe: Engine cowl, fuselage nose and windscreen damaged. All of which seems to have been enough to render the airframe as "damaged beyond economic repair", as the registration G-BLZD was cancelled by the CAA on 19/5/1997 (over a year later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fcc9e5274a13170008fd/dft_avsafety_pdf_501714.pdf
2. CAA; https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BLZD
3. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWR100.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 October 1996 | G-BLZD | Berkshire Aviation Services Ltd | 0 | near Dover, Kent | |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2015 15:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 15-Oct-2015 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2016 13:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2020 20:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage, Accident report] |
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