ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187672
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| Date: | Friday 15 July 1994 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna F152 Reims |
| Owner/operator: | Alarmond Ltd t/a Turnhouse Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-BHWS |
| MSN: | F152-1785 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whalsay airstrip, Skaw, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Whalsay airstrip, Skaw, Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
UK registration G-BHHS originally reserved, but not taken up. Instead, first UK registered as G-BHWS on 16-6-1980.
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 15-7-1994 when crashed on take off at Whalsay airstrip, located in the village of Skaw, at the northern end of the island of Whalsay, Shetland, Scotland (at approximate co ordinates 60.376648°N 0.927356°W). The two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) sustained minor injuries. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was taking off from Runway 20 at Whalsay Airstrip, which is 457 metres long, and has an asphalt surface; the wind was 10 knots and at 225 degrees. The pilot elected to use a short/soft field take off technique, with 10 degrees of flap selected. The aircraft rotated into the take off attitude at 60 knots IAS; as the aircraft became airborne, it immediately yawed and banked to the left.
Right rudder was immediately applied to correct the yaw/bank to the left; however, it was unsuccessful, and the aircraft touched down in a three-point attitude to the left of the runway. The nose and left main wheels then ran into a drainage ditch; the aircraft then somersaulted and came to rest inverted. The two occupants, who were wearing lap and diagonal upper torso restraint harnesses, escaped with minor injuries".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damaged beyond economic repair". However, the registration G-BHWS was not cancelled until 3-3-2000 (almost six years later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use" and owner's "Addressee Status: Gone Away".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ed07ed915d1374000151/Reims_Cessna_F152__G-BHWS_09-94.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BHWS
3. G-BHWS at Staepleford 1981: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14778966@N06/4817990487/in/photolist-8kKsHv-fz7f1c-eF8N43
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f150show.asp?start=1750&count=50]
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whalsay_Airstrip
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2016 16:23 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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