ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245118
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1981 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A23A Musketeer |
| Owner/operator: | Tony McCann Motors Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AVVU |
| MSN: | M-1092 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goodwood Airport, Chichester, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Goodwood Airport, Chichester, West Sussex(EGHR) |
| Goodwood Airport, Chichester, West Sussex (EGHR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 20 September 1981, whilst approaching Goodwood Airfield to rejoin the circuit in order to make a landing there, Beech Musketeer G-AVVU suffered engine failure. Evidently the Musketeer was too far out and/or too low to reach the airfield and so the pilot elected to make a forced landing in a field. On its approach to the field the Musketeer stalled and dived in, heavily, in a nose down attitude. The force of the impact was sufficient to break the Musketeer's fuselage in half.
The pilot, who was alone in the aeroplane, suffered severe injuries to his head, face and eye as a result of his harness breaking and being thrown forward onto the instrument panel. On investigation it was ascertained that the harness had undergone an unauthorised modification and it was this which had failed. The Musketeer's registration was cancelled by the CAA as 'destroyed' on 29 February 1984.
Sources:
1. CAA: History of G-AVVU 1967-1972: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AVVU-1.pdf
2. CAA: History of G-AVVU 1972-1981: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AVVU-2.pdf
3. https://members.gliding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/04/1430312253_TNS%2002.03.82.pdf (summary of AAIB Report is on page 11)
4. G-AVVU at Biggin Hill (EGKB) 9/5/1968: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1339912
5. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AVVU.html
6. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17291.0
7. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/LA00067-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2020 23:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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