ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32063
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| Date: | Thursday 29 December 1983 |
| Time: | 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-135 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AYPP |
| MSN: | 18-1626 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm airstrip at Stoke St Mary, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Stoke St. Mary, Somerset | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off 29.12.83: After a cross-country flight, the pilot was attempting to land G-AYPP at a Farm Airstrip at Stoke St. Mary, Somerset. The strip featured a steep uphill slope, then levelled off, and ended sloping slightly downhill.
The Piper landed further down the airstrip than the pilot intended, so he decided to discontinue the landing, and take off again. As he applied power, the engine faltered and failed to delivered the required full take-off power. However, by this point the aircraft had slowed so that there was insufficient airspeed to lift off again. The pilot then decided to abort the takeoff and attempt a landing anyway.
The problem was, by this point, there was also insufficient space left at the end of the airstrip to prevent the Piper from crashing into the boundary hedge. In the impact, damage was thus sustained to the engine and propeller, the main undercarriage gear collapsed, the fuselage was distorted, and the starboard wing struts were destroyed.
All of the above damage was sufficient for G-AYPP to have its registration cancelled as "W.F.U" ("Withdrawn From Use") seven months later, on 30.7.84
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f53540f0b613460005b3/Piper_PA-18_G-AYPP_02-84.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYPP-2.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Sep-2012 02:03 | Anon. | Updated |
| 22-Jun-2014 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2015 22:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Nov-2015 22:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Nov-2015 22:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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