ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188935
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| Date: | Sunday 23 November 2003 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: | Solar Wings Pegasus Flash |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MNKS |
| MSN: | SW-WF-0016 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Summerwood Lane, Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ince Blundell, Formby, Lancashire |
| Ince Blundell, Formby, Lancashire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overturned in a forced landing into a field at off Summerwood Lane, Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The pilot (the sole person on board) was seriously injured. A contemporary BBC report (see links #3 and #4) states:
"Fire crews took 20 minutes to free the man from the wreckage of the machine, before an air ambulance took him to hospital.They were called to the scene, in a field near Ormskirk, at about 1245 GMT on Sunday. A Lancashire Ambulance spokesman said the man suffered head, back and chest injuries, which are believed to be "serious". His machine ditched in to the field, just off Summerwood Lane, in the village of Halsall. On Sunday afternoon the man was being treated at the Royal Preston Hospital". According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was returning to his home airfield of Ince Blundel at approximately 2,000 feet agl when the engine revolutions dropped rapidly from 5,200 RPM to 3,800 RPM. The engine continued to run smoothly at this RPM but would not accelerate. There was insufficient power to maintain level flight and believing that he was unable to make his home base, the pilot selected a large field with no obstructions to make a forced landing.
Although he was able to position to land into wind in the centre of the field, he had been unable to ascertain the surface condition. On touchdown the nose wheel dug into the surface, which was extremely wet from recent heavy rain, and the aircraft pitched inverted rendering the pilot unconscious. Nearby witnesses alerted the rescue services that freed the pilot and took him to hospital".
Nature of Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Extensive wing and pylon damage". The damaged was presumably enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-MNKS was cancelled by the CAA on 06-08-2004.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f0d6ed915d1371000319/dft_avsafety_pdf_030206.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MNKS
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/3231272.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/3232358.stm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2016 14:11 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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