ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163566
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| Date: | Saturday 25 January 2014 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna F172N Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MILA |
| MSN: | 1686 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cuckoo Tye Farm Airfield, Sudbury, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | Cuckoo Tye Farm Airfield (X3CK), Sudbury, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft inverted as result of severe storm (possible mini tornado or downburst) while parked and weighted at Cuckoo Tye Farm Airfield (X3CK), Sudbury, Suffolk Owners wife fears a write off. According to a report in the East Anglian Daily Times (January 27 2014):
"...an aircraft parked on a private landing strip at Cuckoo Tye Farm was flipped over by the tornado. Rope and weights holding down the Cessna 172 four-seater aircraft were not enough to prevent the force of the winds from turning the plane onto its wings and smashing it.
Peter Miller, who has owned the aircraft for the past 14 years, is devastated by the incident. His wife Elaine said: “The plane did a cartwheel so it completely crumpled. I don’t think it will ever fly again because the back rudder and other vital parts have been smashed.
“We followed the path of the tornado and it has run across the fields from the farm, through Brown’s close and out to Waldingfield Road. It is so unfortunate that the plane was directly in the path of the tornado. I'm afraid it's a complete write-off. It is so unlucky – we are completely devastated.”
As anticipated above, G-MILA was indeed "damaged beyond economical repair", and the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 15/8/2014 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. East Anglian Daily Times: http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/acton-leiston-freak-storm-leaves-trail-of-destruction-1-3253694
2. http://www.cixvfrclub.org.uk/operations/events/EVFiles/Farm_Strips/fs_assignments.htm
3. http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7415956
4. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2014 18:11 | Robin D | Added |
| 27-Jan-2014 19:15 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator] |
| 27-Jan-2014 23:10 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 28-Jan-2014 22:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2014 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2015 23:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2015 23:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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