ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181464
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| Date: | Friday 17 May 1985 |
| Time: | 21:05 |
| Type: |  Cessna F152 Reims |
| Owner/operator: | Gordon King (Aviation) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-KAFC |
| MSN: | 152-84394 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fenland Aerodrome. Spalding, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Biggin Hill, Kent (BQH/EGKB) |
| Fenland Airfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire (EGCL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17/5/1985 when crashed at Fenland Aerodrome, Spalding, Lincolnshire; pilot became disorientated in the gathering dark and mist patches, and got lost over The Wash. Pilot eventually found Fenland Aerodrome, landed the aircraft in the dark (even though he was not trained or qualified to do so) but the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and overturned.
Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report, airframe confirmed as "damaged beyond economic repair". However, despite this, the damaged airframe was sold on to Burbage Farms Ltd on 12/12/1985, and thence on to Seal Executive Aircraft Ltd on 9/6/1986 before the registration was finally cancelled by the CAA on 12/10/1988 (some three-and-a-half years after its accident) as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422eceded915d1371000137/Cessna_152_G-KAFC_07-85.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/borderer2009/6014002064/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2015 17:37 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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