Accident Cessna 150 G-APXY,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31861
 
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Date:Saturday 7 April 2007
Time:12:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 150
Owner/operator:Well Clinics Ltd
Registration: G-APXY
MSN: 59492
Year of manufacture:1960
Engine model:Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Compton Abbas, Ashmore, near Shaftesbury, Dorset -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGHE)
Destination airport:Compton Abbas, Dorset (EGHA)
Investigating agency: AAIB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off 07.04.2007: The aircraft had been flown from Exeter to Compton Abbas and, after a normal approach, landed on Runway 08. After landing, the aircraft hit a bump in the runway and became airborne again. It touched down again on the nose landing gear, which collapsed, causing damage to the propeller and engine cowling. The two occupants, who were uninjured, vacated the aircraft without difficulty via the cabin doors.

Wreckage still in the hangar at Compton Abbas 25.08.10; apparently not (yet) repaired ("a dismantled fuselage on trestles") and registration G-APXW cancelled by the CAA 14.01.10

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: AAIB
Report number: EW/G2007/04/07
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ea6ee5274a1317000005/Cessna_150__G-APXY_07-07.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=APXY
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1200287/ [photo of crash]
4. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/5918?page=1
5. http://dorset.hampshireairfields.co.uk/dorcrash.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
30-May-2014 20:52 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
07-Dec-2014 17:45 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
06-Sep-2016 20:59 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Source]

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