ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181802
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Saturday 28 June 1986 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: | Pegasus Flash |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MNMA |
| MSN: | SW-WF-0021 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Church Farm, Biddenham, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Church Farm, Biddenham, Bedfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 28/6/1986 when crashed on approach to a landing strip at Church Farm, Biddenham, Bedfordshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was making a very shallow approach to a landing strip 160 metres long by 3 metres wide, completely surrounded by standing barley. During final approach the pilot believed he was going to undershot, so he increased power and pulled the control bar towards him. The nose of the aircraft dropped into the standing barley crop, and the aircraft turned end over end, coming to rest 40 metres short of the landing strip."
Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report, confirmed as "substantial damage to wing and trike structure. Propeller broken". Not known if ever repaired or flew again; however, the registration G-MNMA was not cancelled by the CAA (and the airframe de-registered) until over ten years later - on 7/8/1996
Biddenham is a large village and a civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, located to the west of Bedford near the A428 road
Accident investigation:
 |
|
Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fb3ded915d13740007f9/Pegasus_Flash_G-MNMA_09-86.pdf
2. CAA; http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-MNMA.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddenham
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2015 01:06 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 25-Aug-2022 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation