ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281096
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| Date: | Thursday 4 August 2022 |
| Time: | 10:35 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser |
| Owner/operator: | Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BCJN |
| MSN: | 28-7425350 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E3D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cotswold Airport (GBA/EGBP), Kemble, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) |
| Cotswold Airport (GBA/EGBP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Piper PA-28-140 was conducting touch-and-goes at Cotswold Airport (GBA/EGBP), Kemble, Gloucestershire, U.K., when it veered off the left side of runway 26. It continued between two stored Airbus jetliners, crossed the A429 road and came to rest in a ditch. The three occupants were taken to a hospital.
The intended flight was a circuit training detail for a PPL student. The instructor’s preference was to conduct circuits at Bristol Airport, where the operator is based, as he felt this would be the most beneficial for the student. However, circuit training at Bristol was not available due to high traffic levels and so the instructor selected Cotswold Airport (Kemble) as an alternate. The plan was to transit to Kemble, join the circuit, then do one circuit to a powered approach before moving to glide circuits.
The aircraft departed from runway 27 at 08:51.During the takeoff the student rotated the aircraft at 52 kt rather than 60 kt and continued to have difficulty with speed control during the climb-out.
The aircraft then flew to Kemble to join for the intended circuit training. For the overhead join the student allowed the aircraft to fly approximately 300 ft below the intended altitude but the instructor decided to allow him to continue. There was another aircraft in the circuit and the student positioned on base leg too close behind it, so the instructor took control and flew a go-around. He then re-positioned the aircraft for the student to conduct a powered approach from base leg. During the final approach the student allowed the airspeed to become too low, so the instructor took control, added power and completed the touch and go. On the climb the instructor returned control to the student for another circuit to a powered approach. This approach was successfully carried out, though the student still required some assistance from the instructor.
On the third approach the instructor left more of the workload to the student. The student began his approach right of the centre line and then began to “snake” either side of it. Initially, the aircraft was too high on the approach, but the student recognised this and reduced power to idle to correct. The student then allowed the aircraft to descend below the approach path and added power, but as the aircraft pitched up to recover to the path the airspeed reduced.
The aircraft was left of centre line by this point and at approximately 300 ft agl. The instructor considered that the approach was unsatisfactory and again decided to go around.
CCTV from the airport showed that the aircraft continued descending to touch down near the threshold of the runway, then turned sharply left and became airborne again. Once airborne, the aircraft continued to turn left but only climbed to approximately 20 ft agl.
It passed over a fence approximately 100 m from the left side of the runway and then continued towards a row of parked airliners on Taxiway C, close to the southern perimeter. The aircraft descended as it approached the line of parked aircraft. It passed under the wing of an Airbus A319 and touched down as it passed between the A319 and an Airbus A321 (VP-BRM). The right wing tip struck the nose landing gear leg of the A321 severing the outboard section of the right wing. The aircraft then continued across the grass, passed through the aircraft perimeter fence and crossed the A429 road, which runs just outside the airport perimeter. The aircraft encountered no cars as it crossed the road, but struck trees surrounding a vehicle yard and came to rest in a ditch alongside the road
Conclusion
A go-around was mishandled as a result of a confused handover of control between student and instructor. The go-around actions were not effectively instigated, and the aircraft diverged from the runway at low height and speed. The aircraft had insufficient performance to climb away, struck a parked airliner, exited the airfield, crossed a public road and collided with some trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/640757188fa8f527f66802c7/Piper_PA-28-140_G-BCJN_04-23.pdf
2. https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20600597.plane-crash-kemble-shuts-a429-wiltshire/
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-62424848
4. https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/live-plane-crash-cotswold-airport-7420631
5. https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/live-plane-crash-cotswold-airport-7420631
6. https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-08-04/plane-crashes-after-overshooting-the-runway-at-cotswold-airport
7. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1650536/Cotswolds-airport-plane-crash-hospital-emergency-investigation-latest-Wiltshire-Police
8. https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/20600522.a429-closed-near-cirencester-incident-cotswold-airport/
9. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=121831
10. https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/two-injured-plane-misses-runway-a429/
11. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-current-field-investigations/air-accidents-investigation-branch-current-field-investigations
12. https://www.bristolandwessex.co.uk/fleet/piper-pa28-140-g-bcjn/
13. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-BCJN
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 November 2009 | G-BCJN | Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd | 0 | Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
| 7 September 2015 | G-BCJN | Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club Ltd | 0 | Cotswold Airport (GBA/EGBP) | |
sub |
Location
Images:
Photo: AAIB
Media:
The AAIB has published a report into a Piper PA-28-140 (G-BCJN) that had an unsuccessful go-around at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire on 4 August 2022.https://t.co/lsIQoY3V8X#AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/LSxvsMnjqB
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) March 23, 2023
🎥 WATCH 🎥
— Greatest Hits Radio News (@GHRnewsUK) August 4, 2022
A light aircraft has crashed into a road on the Wiltshire/Gloucestershire border.
The plane overshot its runway, at the Cotswold Airport, just after 10:30 this morning.
Our reporter @matthutch1 has more from the scene👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/TS2vqoW63Q
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2022 11:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Aug-2022 13:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 13:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Damage] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:06 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:13 | harro | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 14:36 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Aug-2022 17:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 05-Aug-2022 11:15 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2022 00:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2022 00:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2022 15:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2022 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Oct-2022 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 26-Feb-2024 08:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Category] |
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