ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138748
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| Date: | Friday 29 April 2005 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F172M Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Highland Flying School Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BCYR |
| MSN: | F172-1288 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Inverness Airport, Dalcross, Highland, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Dundee Airport (DND/EGPN) |
| Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged in a landing accident at Inverness Airport, Dalcross, Highland, Scotland, on 29/4/2005. According to the official AAIB investigation into the incident:
"The aircraft was based at Inverness and belonged to the local flying school. On the day of the accident, the pilot, who had started flying training six months previous, travelled by train to Dundee Airport in order to collect the aircraft from a maintenance organisation where it had undergone a 50 hour inspection. The pilot noted that the forecast wind was close to the flying school limitation of 30 knots and, therefore, before departing Dundee contacted the flying school to establish what the actual wind was at Inverness. The pilot was advised by an instructor that whilst it was "quite windy", the wind was along Runway 23 and was within the 30 knot limit published in the flying school manual.
The 50 minute flight was uneventful but, just as the aircraft commenced the flare on Runway 23 at Inverness, a strong gust of wind resulted in the aircraft landing with sufficient force to shatter the nose wheel hub and allow the propeller blades to strike the ground. The force through the nose wheel fork was also sufficient to distort the engine bulkhead. All the damage was consistent with the aircraft landing heavily on the nose wheel."
Nose landing gear, engine bulkhead and propeller blades damaged. However, later repaired, and returned to service. Sold on several times, and still currently registered - registration renewed on 17/8/2012 to a new owner (9th owner from new)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/G-BCYR_07-05.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 06:25 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 04-Nov-2012 11:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2014 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2014 23:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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