ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19062
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1993 |
| Time: | 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BPOD |
| MSN: | 11:50 local |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stancombe Farm, Askerswell, near Bridport, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stancombe Farm, Askerswell, near Bridport, Dorset |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on 3-10-1993 at Stancombe Farm, Askerswell, near Bridport, Dorset. Crashed attributed to the loss of control during climb, after detachment of right hand front flying wire, due to missing bolt. Of the two persons on board, the passenger was killed; the pilot survived but was blinded (total loss of eyesight). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The accident occurred as a result of a loss of control during a steep climb to about 400 feet agl after take-off, after the pilot applied some 30 degree of right bank. Detailed examination of the aircraft wreckage revealed evidence that the two forward flying wires associated with the right upper wing had detached from their attachments to the forward spar as a result of the associated main attachment bolt having migrated forward out'of the spar due to previous loss of friction nut. Evidence was also found which indicated that this nut may of unwound and the rear flying wire attachment may have become disconnected from the main bolt before this flight".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft Destroyed". as a result, the registration G-BPOD was cancelled by the CAA on 8-2-1994 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f5bded915d1374000575/Stolp_Starduster_Too__G-BPOD_02-94.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BPOD
3. http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/files/2008/03/aircraft_crash-sites_at_sea_report.pdf
4. http://www.biplaneforum.com/stardustermags/APR94.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Aug-2008 02:59 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 14-Sep-2012 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2016 20:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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