ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190011
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| Date: | Monday 12 September 2016 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: |  Denney Kitfox 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BSUZ |
| MSN: | PFA/172-11875 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brimpton Airfield, Wasing Lane, Aldermaston, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Brimpton Airfield, Aldermaston, Berkshire (EGLP) |
| Brimpton Airfield, Aldermaston, Berkshire (EGLP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The plane flipped over upon landing and ended up on its roof. Both occupants were injured and received medical treatment. Paramedics, police and fire crews from Newbury and the retained unit from Mortimer arrived at the scene to find the Denney Kitfox aircraft on its roof.
The pilot, and his passenger, believed to be an instructor, were treated at the scene for whiplash-type injures and shock before being taken to North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke.
A spokesperson for South Central Ambulance said: “We received a call at 3.07pm from one of the occupants of the two-seater aircraft which had crashed on landing. Both occupants were complaining of whiplash type injuries and shock. We sent two ambulance crews to the scene, one hazardous area response team and the the air ambulance were also in attendance, though both patients were taken to North Hampshire Hospital by land.”
UPDATE: The official AAIB report into the accident was published 9/2/2017, and the following is an excerpt from the report:
"The pilot reported that, after a normal approach to Runway 25 at Brimpton Airfield, the aircraft bounced on landing, porpoised and overturned. Both occupants were able to leave the aircraft via its doors. Having recently purchased the aircraft, the pilot was undertaking conversion training with an instructor."
Nature of damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial" damage
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/587dffbde5274a1303000156/Denney_Kitfox_Mk_2_G-BSUZ_02-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/two-injured-after-aircraft-crash-11879901
4. https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/19249/two-men-escape-serious-injury-after-light-aircraft-overturns-at-airfield-in-aldermaston.html
Media:
Light aircraft crash lands at Brimpton Airfield near #Aldermaston. Photos copyright Ivan Barefield. pic.twitter.com/dtu7044Y2v
— Paul Wood (@PaulWood1961) September 12, 2016
#Plane overturns at #Brimpton Airfield injuring pilot https://t.co/yp3URiktxm… #Aldermaston #Newbury #Thatcham #Berkshire
— Martin Robertshaw (@martinr_nwn) September 12, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2016 13:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Sep-2016 17:01 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2016 21:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2016 21:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 13-Sep-2016 21:51 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Feb-2017 22:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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