ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166832
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| Date: | Sunday 3 April 1983 |
| Time: | 14:55 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A23A Musketeer |
| Owner/operator: | Resource Investors Management Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AWIK |
| MSN: | M-534 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Little Downham, 4 nm north of Ely, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Teversham, Cambridge (EGSC) |
| Teversham, Cambridge (EGSC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Beechcraft Musketeer (c/no. M-534):
24/01/1964 First registered in the USA as N8746M to A.C.Willford, Escondido, San Diego, California
03/06/1964 Technical Trading Company Hollinda NV, The Hague as PH-MUS.
19/05/1965 Re-registered to L. Gadellaa, Zeist.
21/06/1965 Accident Teuge. In Belgium for repairs but not repaired.
07/03/1966 Flight Foundation Equipment, Rotterdam. Ground instructional airframe
23/03/1968 Tender canceled. Sold to Britain and with parts of G-ASCL, and rebuilt as G-AWIK.
25/04/1968 Registered as G-AWIK to Ronald Oldham, Ripponden, Halifax, West Yorkshire
10/08/1968 First flight after completion of rebuild
03/05/1969 Registration cancelled as sold
14/05/1969 Re-registered to David Jack Bateman, Wilmslow, Cheshire
17/03/1977 Registration cancelled as sold
18/04/1977 Re-registered to W.B.Wright & Sons Ltd, Spalding, Lincolnshire
14/10/1977 Registration cancelled as sold
04/11/1977 Re-registered to Resource Investors Management Ltd., Douglas, Isle of Man
03/02/1979 Re-registered to Resource Investors Management Ltd, Tevershan, Cambridge
03/04/1983 Written off when crashed near Little Downham, 4 nautical miles north of Ely, Cambridgeshire, after the starboard wing spar fractured in flight, and the wing began to detach from the aircraft. Eyewitness reports and radar tacking showed that the aircraft entered a cumulu-nimbus storm cloud, which may have thrown the aircraft around in violent turbulence, overstressing the airframe.
22/11/1988 Registration G-AWIK formally (and belatedly) cancelled by the CAA
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AWIK.pdf
2. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Beech%20Musketeer-23%20G-AWIK%2010-83.pdf
3. http://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MM.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Downham
5. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8746M
6. Yorkshire Air News August 1968: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/1968%2008.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2014 02:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2014 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 21:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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