ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158531
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| Date: | Saturday 17 August 2013 |
| Time: | 13:08 |
| Type: |  Socata MS.893A Rallye Commodore 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AVVJ |
| MSN: | 10752 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Taverham Road, Felthorpe, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Felthorpe, Norfolk |
| Felthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Police, ambulance and fire crews from Earlham and Sprowston and the Fakenham water carrier were called to reports of a light aircraft crash at Taverham Road, Felthorpe at just after 1pm today.
According to the summary of the official AAIB report into the incident:
"After an uneventful flight around north Norfolk, the pilot was returning to Felthorpe Airfield. He set up an approach to Runway 23; the wind was from 260º at 20 kt. At approximately 500 yds from the threshold the approach was normal, at a speed of 70 kt and with full flap selected.
Speed was reduced to 65 kt ‘over the hedge’ but at this point, a gust of wind lifted the right wing and the left wing contacted the first of a line of trees running from close to the runway threshold in a southerly direction. The contact with the tree caused the aircraft to yaw left and, despite the fact that the pilot tried to counter the swing, his low airspeed meant that he could not prevent the aircraft from entering the tree line again. Here it came to a halt, hanging nose down from the fourth tree and supported by its left wingtip on the ground; the engine had also detached. The pilot was uninjured and evacuated through the broken windscreen"
G-AVVJ was presumably damaged beyond economic repair, as the registration was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 20 January 2014
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23743328
2. http://www.felthorpe.net/Home.html
3. http://www.eastamb.nhs.uk/incidents/light-aircraft-crash.htm
4. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=84895
5. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
6. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/morane-saulnier-ms-893a-rallye-commodore-180-g-avvj-17-august-2013
7. http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/report-blames-unexpected-gust-of-wind-for-aircraft-crash-at-felthorpe-airfield-1-3156143
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2013 08:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Aug-2013 19:06 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Aug-2013 22:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2014 00:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 13:51 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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