ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184705
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| Date: | Friday 28 September 1990 |
| Time: | 11:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna F172H Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Southport & Merseyside Aero Club (1979) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BFJV |
| MSN: | F172-0505 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sleap Aerodrome, Myddle, 12 miles N of Shrewsbury, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool (Speke) Airport (LPL/EGGP) |
| Sleap, Shropshire (EGCV) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28-09-1990 at Sleap Aerodrome, Myddle, 12 miles North of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, when (according to the records of the owners, the Southport & Merseyside Aero Club (1979) Ltd):
"...on 28th September 1990, Cessna G-BFJV, when being taxied around a disused perimeter track, the aircraft struck two metal posts under power and suffered extensive damage, leading to it being written off".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "damage to both main planes, nose leg, propeller, engine cowling and firewall". As a result, the registration G-BFJV was cancelled by the CAA, but not until almost two years later, on 12-07-1993 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f9ceed915d137100076f/Reims_Cessna_F172H__G-BFJV_12-90.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BFJV
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160628114641/http://g-gyav.org.uk/history_part_2.htm
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f172show.asp?start=501&count=50]
5. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/3524/southport-merseyside-aero-club
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2016 20:23 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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