ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70171
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| Date: | Saturday 23 April 1988 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: | Stephens Akro Z200 (Modified) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ZZIM |
| MSN: | WAS-008-85 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile E of Tempsford, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Little Gransden, Cambrigeshire (EGMJ) |
| Little Gransden, Cambrigeshire (EGMJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 23 April 1988: while performing low-level aerobatics, the aircraft recovered from a spin but then did not come out of a spin in the opposite direction. It then crashed into a railway embankment on the London-Peterborough railway, one mile east of Tempsford, Bedfordshire, after striking the overhead cables, killing the pilot who was the only occupant.
Registration G-ZZIM cancelled by the CAA on 7 September 1988 as "destroyed"
Note: The official AAIB report into the accident calls the aircraft a "Laser Aerobatics Acro Z200, G-ZZIM". The CAA registration document describes the aircraft as a "STEPHENS AKRO Z200 (MODIFIED)"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fa9b40f0b6134200071b/Laser_Aerobatics_Acro_Z200__G-ZZIM__09-88.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ZZIM
3. CAP667 Review of General Aviation fatal Accidents 1985-1994
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Nov-2009 21:00 | andrewaircraft | Added |
| 28-May-2013 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2015 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2016 23:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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