ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195379
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| Date: | Sunday 14 May 2017 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna F152 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Executive Ltd |
| Registration: | G BHNA |
| MSN: | 1683 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Retford Gamston Airport, Retford, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Humberside Airport (HUY/EGUY) |
| Gamston, Retford, Nottinghamshire (EGNE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane crashed into undergrowth at the airport. The pilot was injured. According to the following preliminary press report (see links #2 and #3):
"Person airlifted to hospital after plane crash at Gamston Airport
A person has been flown to hospital by air ambulance after a plane crashed into undergrowth at Gamston Airport. Emergency services were called to Gamston - a small private airport on the outskirts of Retford - where one person in a light aircraft was trapped. It happened at 1.15 pm, yesterday, Sunday, May 15.
Fire crews from Newark and Retford stations were scrambled to the incident and used cutting equipment to free the pilot. They were then flown to hospital by air ambulance.
The Civil Aviation Authority said it would not have to be formally notified until 72 hours after an incident, but the air accident investigation branch confirmed it was investigating and would be publishing a report in due course."
Sources:
1. https://www.retfordtoday.co.uk/news/light-aircraft-crashes-at-retford-gamston-airport-1-8543346_
2. https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/plane-crashes-at-gamston-airport-firefighters-cut-casualty-free/story-30333115-detail/story.html
3. https://www.nottinghampost.com/one-person-flown-to-hospital-after-nottinghamshire-plane-crash/story-30332834-detail/story.html_ .
4. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BHNA
5. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-bhna
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1988 | G-BHNA | Sheffield Aero Club Ltd (G-INFO) | 0 | Leicester Airport (EGBG), Leicestershire, | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
| 17 June 1995 | G-BHNA | Sheffield Aero Club Ltd (G-INFO) | 0 | Netherthope Airfield (EGNF), Worksop, Nottinghamshire, | |
sub |
Media:
G-BHNA Arriving into Netherthorpe Airfield 12 June 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2017 09:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-May-2017 12:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2017 12:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2017 16:26 | Icarus | Updated [Registration, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source] |
| 17-May-2017 16:27 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2017 16:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code] |
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