ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138843
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 May 2007 |
| Time: | 13:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F182Q Skylane (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Rayviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BGFH |
| MSN: | F1820105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470u |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aberdour, 2.5 nm north-west of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cumbernauld Airfield, North Lanarkshire (EGPG) |
| Eddsfield Airfield, Driffield, North Yorkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 23-05-2007 when force landed due to engine failure at Aberdour, 2.5 nautical miles north-west of Burntisland, Fife, Scotland. The two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) sustained no injuries. According to the following excerpt from the AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft had departed from Cumbernauld on the return leg of a flight from Eddsfield, Yorkshire. Whilst orbiting in the vicinity of the Forth Bridges, waiting for clearance to cross the approach to Runway 24 at Edinburgh, the engine stopped and the aircraft made a forced landing in a field near Burntisland. It is possible that during the period of orbiting, the bulk of the fuel on board transferred to the left tank with the right tank outlet pipe being left uncovered.
The engine stopped, possibly due to fuel starvation, and during the subsequent forced landing the aircraft touched down heavily causing the nose wheel to break and the propeller and engine to strike the ground. Nose wheel sheared off, propeller bent, engine cowling crushed.
Given the remote location of the accident site, it was decided to leave the aircraft in the field, until it could be recovered the next day. However, details of the accident were broadcast on the local radio, and that evening, vandals set it on fire. The aircraft cabin, the majority of the wings, and the fuel system were totally destroyed by the fire".
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AIB report "Nosewheel sheared off, propeller bent, engine cowling
crushed". That, plus the deliberate fire damage stated above, meant that the registration G-BGFH was cancelled by the CAA on 09-08-2007 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f18140f0b6134200033f/Reims_Cessna_F182Q__G-BGFH_1-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BGFH
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkelseyphotography/15814906992/in/photolist-q6vwSd-f7cgzK-kUDZQr-wtkR7o-kUH6Yn-xwLRey-KBorvn
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1128351/
5. http://www.scottishairnews.co.uk/webimages/SCAN%202008-03%20newsdesk.pdf
6. https://www.scotsman.com/news/pair-safe-after-fife-plane-crash-1-748655
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Sep-2011 01:56 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 15-Nov-2012 17:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2012 22:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 07-Dec-2014 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 31-Mar-2015 13:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 07-Sep-2016 14:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2016 14:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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