ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139193
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| Date: | Sunday 3 July 2005 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna F152 (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-IRAN |
| MSN: | 152-83907 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pleshey Lodge, Pleshey, Great Waltham, NW of Chelmsford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Andrewsfield, Essex (EGSL) |
| Andrewsfield, Essex (EGSL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3 July 2005 when severely damaged in a forced landing at Pleshey Lodge, Pleshey, near Great Waltham, north-west of Chelmsford, Essex. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was on a local flight from Andrewsfield Airfield, Essex. About 30 minutes into the flight the pilot reported that, whilst returning to Andrewsfield and shortly after descending from 2,500 ft to 1,500 ft, the engine abruptly lost power. The pilot selected the carburettor heat ON, checked the mixture was rich and that the magnetos were selected to BOTH. He then attempted to restart the engine but to no avail.
The pilot, realising that he was now at a low height, concentrated on flying the aircraft for a forced landing into a field. The field contained standing wheat which was about two feet high. Before touchdown the pilot held the aircraft just above the crops in an attempt to land at the correct speed and to reduce the subsequent ground run.
However, the main wheels became entangled in the crops, the nose wheel dropped and dug into the ground. The aircraft then flipped over and came to rest inverted, suffering extensive damage to the nose leg, engine frame, propeller, fin and left tail plane.
The pilot (sole person on board) vacated the aircraft through one of the doors having suffered no injuries. The local emergency services were quickly on the scene and offered their assistance.
The pilot reported that he had used the carburettor heat at least once on this flight prior to the engine stopping
and believed that the most likely cause of the engine stopping was an ignition problem".
The AAIB report confirms that the airframe sustained "Extensive damage to nose leg, engine frame, propeller, fin, left tail plane" - all of which were enough to render the aircraft as "damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-IRAN was cancelled by the CAA on 3 March 2006 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423010b40f0b613420009df/G-IRAN_10-05.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=IRAN
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/180864-forced-landing-essex-yesterday.html
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1039805/
Media:
Cessna 152 G-IRAN at Wellesbourne Mountford (EGBW) 5 June 2005 - a month before it crashed:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2011 02:17 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 20-Mar-2015 13:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2016 16:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2016 16:56 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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