ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181581
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| Date: | Monday 16 September 1985 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna F177RG Cardinal RG (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Aviation Service BV |
| Registration: | PH-VWP |
| MSN: | F177RG-0109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Luton Airport (LTN/EGGP) |
| Leicester Airport (EGBG) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 16/9/1985 when wrecked due to the main undercarriage collapsing on landing at Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft arrived from Luton, where it had cleared inbound customs, and was approaching to land at Leicester Airport. With the landing gear selected 'down' , the pilot noticed that the normal 'three green lights' indication was not showing, and the warning horn sounded when power was reduced.
The pilot chose to land on runway 24, a grass runway, in view of the reported surface wind of 240 degrees at 24 knots. Whilst on final approach, the landing gear was fully re-cycled (that is, put through a full raising and lowering sequence) after which the pilot reports seeing a green light, indicating that the undercarriage was fully lowered and locked down.
Observers at Leicester airport judged the approach speed to be rather fast. The aircraft touched down on its main wheels at about 100 metres along the total runway length of 335 metres. The aircraft was seen to bounce and pitch nose up before settling back onto the runway, at which point the main wheels were seen to retract. The aircraft then ran over the end of the runway for about 100 metres, and slewed to the left before coming to a halt.
Subsequent engineering investigation revealed that bolts in the main landing gear had sheared off, probably because the main landing gear was not locked down on initial touchdown. The nose landing gear was undamaged, and no pre-existing defect in the landing gear was found."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the official AAIB report "propeller and horizontal stabilizer damaged, skin damage to the underside of the fuselage". All of which were presumably enough to render the airframe as "damaged beyond economic repair", as the C of A expired on 14/12/1985 and seems to have not been renewed; the Netherlands registration lapsed and was cancelled on 21/10/1987.
The airframe went first to a commercial kitchen in Ijmuiden for use as a plaything for children. and is now in a jungle adventure park in Hellendoorn
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB; https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f377ed915d1371000477/Cessna_F177RG_PH-VWP_11-85.pdf
2. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MV.htm
3. http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1985.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2015 16:38 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 22-Nov-2015 16:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 19:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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