Date:	Sunday 10 August 2003
Time:	13:32
Type:	Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah
Owner/operator:	Robert Afia Consulting Engineer (owner)
Registration:	G-BIVV
MSN:	AA5A-0857
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-E2G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Blackbushe Airport, Yateley, near Camberley, Surrey -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Blackbushe, Hampshire (BBS/EGLK)
Destination airport:	Blackbushe, Hampshire (BBS/EGLK)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10-08-2003 when ran off the runway and hit a tree at Blackbushe Airport, Yateley, near Camberley, Surrey, whilst attempting a "go around", following a "botched" approach and landing. No injuries reported to the pilot (the sole person on board). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:

"The student pilot made an approach, with 10 knots of crosswind, to Runway 08 at Blackbushe. As the aircraft flared, it developed a marked drift to the left, floated, landed heavily, and bounced. A decision was made to go-around, and full power was applied. This appeared to exacerbate the left drift that was not fully corrected with right rudder. As a result, the aircraft diverged from the runway centre line as it climbed away, clipping the top of a tree in the process.

Airspeed was lost, and the aircraft hit the ground in an upright, wings level attitude, on a disused runway. The pilot was subsequently able to vacate the aircraft without injury.

A witness reported several bounces along the runway, with considerable lateral instability, and a very high angle of attack just prior to the aircraft hitting the tree."

Nature of Damage: "Damage to wing, propeller and landing gear". The damage was presumably enough for the airframe to be deemed "beyond economic repair", as the C of A expired on 18-07-2005, and was not renewed. The registration G-BIVV was finally canceled by the CAA on 3-10-2008, over five years after the accident. The wreckage was handed over to the fire service at North Weald, Essex (see link #3); some reports state that it was later given the fake registration "G-PRAT"

1. AAIB: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230273e5274a1314000b21/dft_avsafety_pdf_025526.p]
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BIVV
3. G-BIVV on the fire dump at North Weals 27-07-2013: [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000954593.html]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Jul-2016 13:42	Dr.John Smith	Added