ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184077
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 August 2007 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: |  Tipsy T.66 Nipper Series 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ARBP |
| MSN: | 54 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Volkswagen 1834 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Seighford Airfield, 3 miles West of Stafford, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire |
| Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 01-08-2007 when crashed due to turbulence on final approach to Seighford Airfield, 3 miles West of Stafford, Staffordshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was flight testing a new propeller and elected to make an approach at 55 mph using 1,900 rpm. The
wind was reported as being from 250 degrees at 4 to 12 knots, with CAVOK conditions. A large Heavy Goods Vehicle
(HGV) was positioned close to the approach end of the runway and on the extended centre line, and as the aircraft passed over the vehicle, the nose and the left wing of the aircraft rose. The aircraft subsequently hit a bank of earth and sustained substantial damage; the pilot was uninjured.
The pilot attributed the accident to the aircraft stalling as a result of encountering sudden and severe turbulence. The pilot had extensive flying experience, including experience of encountering wake vortices from passenger transport aircraft, and he drew on his experience in assessing the cause.
The Tipsy Nipper is small single seat monoplane of only 6 metres span and 329 kg maximum takeoff weight, and hence has limited tolerance to turbulence".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial damage to right wing, landing gear and propeller". Presumably, the damage was enough to ensure G-ARBP was withdrawn from use, as the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 09-01-2008.
However, over three years later, on 22-11-2011, a new Tipsy T.66 Nipper Series 2 was added to the UK civil register by an owner in Belgium as G-OWBR. The connection to G-ARBP is that both airframes have the same c/no. 54, so are presumably one and the same airframe, which has been rebuilt/repaired and restored to service
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ff5eed915d1371000a1b/Tipsy_Nipper_T.66_Series_2__G-ARBP_12-07.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ARBP
3. https://www.tipsynipper.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=230
4. G-ARBP at Wroughton: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkelseyphotography/15145687888/in/photolist-cvjXrG-p5nBkN-cvjZWw
5. http://www.edendale.co.uk/ANW/ASHCROFT.6.11.html
6. https://www.tipsynipper.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2264
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2016 20:22 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 11-Sep-2016 17:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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