ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151363
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| Date: | Friday 21 December 2012 |
| Time: | 13:58 |
| Type: |  Cessna F152 |
| Owner/operator: | Redhill Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BGFX |
| MSN: | 1555 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairoaks Airport, Chertsey Road, Chobham, Woking, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Fairoaks Airport, Surrey (EGTF) |
| Fairoaks Airport, Surrey (EGTF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 21-12-2012 at Fairoaks Airport, Chertsey Road, Chobham, Woking, Surrey: The student pilot had flown several dual circuits with his instructor and was now practising solo circuits. On touching down for the fourth time, he felt the nose drop and the propeller struck the ground. The nose landing gear had collapsed and the aircraft veered to the left onto the grass at the side of the runway, coming to rest on its nose and left wingtip. The pilot was “shocked but uninjured”.
Neither the pilot, nor his instructor who had been watching from the control tower, could offer an explanation for the failure.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Propeller, nose gear, firewall and right wingtip" damaged.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423014ae5274a1314000a8f/Reims_Cessna_F152__G-BGFX_5-2013.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BGFX
3. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2126137_light_aircraft_tips_onto_nose_at_fairoaks_airport
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000778575.html (picture of the aircraft)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2012 11:24 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 28-Dec-2012 17:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Sep-2016 20:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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