ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138714
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| Date: | Saturday 23 March 1991 |
| Time: | 11:05 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F172L Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AZLM |
| MSN: | F172-0842 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Badminton aerodrome, Badminton, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Badminton aerodrome (XBAD/EG03) |
| Badminton aerodrome (XBAD/EG03) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed on take off from Badminton Airfield, Badminton, 5 miles east of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire 23/3/1991, whilst on a sortie dropping three parachutists. Aircraft failed to gain height, and with electricity pylons and overhead HT wires in the aircraft's intended track, the pilot opted to made a precautionary landing in a grass field. The nose wheel "dug in" to the soft grassland soil, aircraft failed to stop, and was wrecked when it collided with a dry stone wall. The four persons on board (pilot and three parachutists) sustained minor injuries
Registration G-AZLM cancelled as destroyed 15/4/1991. Wreckage photographed at the Norfolk & Suffolk Aircraft Museum 23/7/2008
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f142e5274a1314000357/Reims_Cessna_F172L__G-AZLM_06-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AZLM
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f172show.asp?start=801&count=50]
4. https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=200383
5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carmedic/8412178716
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 02:22 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 01-Sep-2012 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2012 21:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2013 01:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2016 23:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2016 14:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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