ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235800
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1993 |
| Time: | 18:05 |
| Type: | EAA Biplane P-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BPUA |
| MSN: | SAAC-02 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Orchard Farm, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Orchard Farm, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England |
| Orchard Farm, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Having becoming airborne for a test flight and when half way down the runway the engine power dropped off and the aircraft touched back down onto the runway and ran through the boundary fence and hedge causing the undercarriage to collapse and the lower wings to detach also damaging the nose structure and propeller.
Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports - AAIB Bulletin No: 6/93 Ref: EW/G93/04/08
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 2023 | G-BPUA | Private | 0 | Great Oakley Airfield, Harwich, Essex | |
sub |
Images:
Kirkbride Airfield, Wigton, Cumbria, England UK. - 21st September 2007
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2020 22:59 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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