ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191254
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| Date: | Thursday 13 August 2009 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: | BFC Challenger II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MGAA |
| MSN: | PFA 177A-13124 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private farm strip near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Private farm strip near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
| Private farm strip near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13-08-2009, when crashed at a Private farm strip near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight: The aircraft’s left wing struck a hedgerow whilst landing at a farm strip. The aircraft was damaged but there was no fire and the pilot was uninjured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was landing at a grass farm strip when the accident occurred. The strip, which was orientated 17/35, was about 460 metres long and ran across three fields. The central portion of the strip was 230 metres long. At either end of the central portion, the strip passed through gaps made in substantial hedgerows that separated the fields. The northerly gap was the smaller of the two, at about 20 metres wide.
When the aircraft took off, the surface wind was almost calm, the strip was dry and the weather fine. On returning to the strip 50 minutes later, the windsock indicated a stronger surface wind, being easterly and gusting to an estimated 15 mph. The aircraft touched down on the northerly runway, about mid-way along the central portion of the strip.
Before the aircraft had fully settled on the ground, and with the 20 metre gap in the hedgerow approaching, it began to veer to the left. The pilot attributed this deviation to a gust of wind. He was unable to correct the swing with rudder, and nose wheel steering was ineffective because the nose wheel was not in contact with the ground at this point.
The aircraft’s left wing struck the hedge to the left of the gap at an estimated 35 mph. The aircraft suffered damage to the left wing, the fuselage and the nose landing gear. There was no fire and the pilot was uninjured"
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to port wing, fuselage and nose landing gear". The damage sustained was presumably enough to render the aircraft as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-MGAA was cancelled by the CAA on 07-07-2010 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f5a740f0b613460005e5/BFC_Challenger_II__G-MGAA_12-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2016 23:01 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 09-Nov-2016 23:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2016 23:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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