ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186468
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| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1992 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Avid Flyer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BTHU |
| MSN: | PFA 189-1142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Fieldhead Strip, Bradford Road, Birstall, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Fieldhead Strip, Bradford Road, Birstall, West Yorkshire |
| Fieldhead Strip, Bradford Road, Birstall, West Yorkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 7-6-1992 when wrecked in a forced landing short of the airstrip at Fieldhead Strip, Bradford Road, Birstall, Batley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire (approximately 6 miles south west of Leeds). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The accident occurred during the second-ever flight of the aircraft, which took place about five days after the aircraft's initial flight. The pilot reported that the early part of the aircraft's second ever flight was uneventful, the aircraft climbing to about 1,500 feet within two miles of the take off point.
However, about six minutes into the flight, the engine began to lose power, although there was no indication of excessive temperature, and all engine controls appeared to be correctly positioned. The pilot attempted to return to the landing strip, but with the reduction in engine power, height could not be maintained
It thus became necessary to make a landing in an area of rough boggy ground just short of the landing strip, with consequent damage to the aircraft."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "landing gear destroyed, fuselage underside distorted, port wing tip and struts, propeller and lower rudder damaged, both flaperons broken free", Despite the damage, the aircraft was sold on to a new owner some four years later, on 2-9-1996.
Not known if the aircraft was ever repaired, or flown again: all that is known is that the CAA cancelled the registration G-BTHJ on 21-1-2009, some 13 years later as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
NOTE: The AAIB report gives the accident location as "Fieldhead Strip, West Yorkshire". As the registered owner at the time of the accident had an address in Bradford, the only location within a 20 mile radius that fits the address described is the above one in Birstall, Batley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230380ed915d1374000b9f/Avid_Flyer__G-BTHU_10-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BTHU
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BTHU.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birstall,_West_Yorkshire
5. http://www.aviationfanatic.com/ent_show.php?ent=5&AC_Regno=G-BTHU
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2016 16:24 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 15-Apr-2016 16:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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