ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170606
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| Date: | Monday 26 May 2008 |
| Time: | 13:51 LT |
| Type: |  Extra EA-300L |
| Owner/operator: | Extreme Aerobatics Ltd |
| Registration: | G-IIEX |
| MSN: | 004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hastingleigh, near Ashford, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southend, Essex (EGMC) |
| Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was en-route from a flying display at Southend Airport, to its home base at Shoreham. Due to inclement weather, with a low cloud base and poor visibility, the pilot planned to fly around the Kent coast, but having encountered better weather than expected when airborne, he set off across the county. Unfortunately the visibility deteriorated and the cloud base lowered so he decided to abandon his route and re-trace his path. Instead of reversing his course, however, he turned through approximately 270 degrees, and found he was flying up a valley.
He elected to carry out a precautionary landing into a field, but lost control of the aircraft on final approach. The aircraft struck the ground at low speed while rolling and banked to the right. Although the airframe remained relatively intact and no ground fire occurred, both occupants were injured, one seriously.
The woman on board was airlifted to a London hospital by RAF helicopter, while the man was taken to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford by ambulance.
Although the AAIB report states that G-IIEX was "damaged beyond economic repair", it was sold on and re-registered on 27.11.2009 to a new owner in Hungerford, Berkshire
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ee45ed915d13740001f3/Extra_EA_300-L__G-IIEX_08-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=IIEX
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?81200-Light-Aircraft-down-in-Kent-yesterday
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7420968.stm
5. http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2297454.print/
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7420516.stm .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2014 20:33 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 10-Dec-2014 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2014 01:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 23-Oct-2016 17:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2016 17:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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