ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166197
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 May 2014 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 601 XL Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RWMW |
| MSN: | 162B-14231 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | B7045 Hoggs Corner to Straiton Road, Maybole, Ayrshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bute airfield in Rothesay |
| Maybole, Ayrshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane force landed in a farm field. It ran off the field and came to rest on a road (the B7045 Hoggs Corner to Straiton Road, at Maybole, Ayrshire). According to the summary of the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was returning to the airstrip after a flight to Bute, about 28 nm away. A weather report, obtained from Prestwick ATC, gave a surface wind of 11 kt from 240° with scattered cloud and good visibility. The temperature was 13°C.
The airstrip was orientated 06/24 and located in a farm field, such that the longest landing distance available was about 300 metres. It was situated amongst gently undulating terrain. The aircraft was approaching to land in a south-westerly direction when the accident occurred. When the aircraft was on short finals at an estimated height of 70 feet, it experienced a sudden onset of turbulence, of a severity the pilot had not previously encountered. The aircraft lost airspeed and, from the pilot’s report, appeared to have stalled, pitching to about 40° down and striking the ground approximately 100 metres from the beginning of the airstrip.
The pilot and his passenger, who were both wearing full harnesses, sustained minor injuries. The pilot reported that the cockpit had maintained its internal volume, and that the impact forces had been absorbed by crumpling of the fuselage structure from the firewall aft."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://stv.tv/news/west-central/275293-small-passenger-plane-crashes-into-field-near-road-near-maybole/
2. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/light-aircraft-crash-two-people-3540903
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27417710
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ayradvertiser.com/news/ayr/articles/2014/05/14/498318-plane-crash-lands-into-hedge-near-maybole-today/]
5. https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/two-hurt-in-ayrshire-plane-crash-1-3411281
6. AAIB: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
7. CAA: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-zenair-ch-601x1-zodiac-g-rwmw
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2014 18:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-May-2014 14:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2014 21:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 23-May-2014 06:10 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2014 06:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Embed code] |
| 16-Aug-2014 04:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Sep-2015 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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