ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170890
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| Date: | Friday 6 May 1988 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Seal Executive Aircraft Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BOGE |
| MSN: | 152-80050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Smottingham Hollow, near Burrage, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bembridge, Isle of Wight (BBP/EGHJ) |
| East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5 May 1988 when crashed during a force landing into a field at Smottingham Hollow, near Burrage, Leicestershire. According to the official AAIB report into the accident, the aircraft crashed due to engine failure after running out of fuel. G-BOGE ran out of fuel due to the pilot miscalculating the rate of fuel consumption, and the fact that the aircraft had been flying for 27 minutes longer than planned
At the time of the crash G-BOGE had 58 litres of fuel on board, whereas the minimum safe fuel load on board should have been 80 litres.
In his accident report, the pilot stated that at 18:55 hours, the engine suddenly stopped. It restarted again in response to the pilot "pumping" the throttle, but stopped again two minutes later. He noticed that the fuel gauges still showed a level of a quarter of a tank still remaining. When the engine stopped at around 18:58, a forced landing in a field was made, and although the aircraft was substantially damaged, the pilot escaped with only minor injuries.
The AAIB report confirms that G-BOGE was "damaged beyond economic repair";as a result, the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 12 October 1988 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB; https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/cessna-152-g-boge-6-may-1988
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2015 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2015 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2015 00:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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