ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 172395
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| Date: | Saturday 5 August 1989 |
| Time: | 14:36 LT |
| Type: | Caproni Vizzola A-21 Calif |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | BGA 1957 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bidford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bidford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire |
| Bidford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 05.08.1989: aircraft pitched up and down violently whilst on final approach to Bidford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire. Windscreen shattered, right wing detached from airframe. Both persons on board bailed out by parachute, and landed uninjured.
Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire, very close to the border with Worcestershire. However, the AAIB Report gives the crash location as "Bidford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire" [sic].
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/caproni-vizzola-calif-bga-1957-5-august-1989
2. http://www.aviationfanatic.com/ent_show.php?ent=5&AC_Regno=BGA-1957
3. https://members.gliding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/04/1430312278_TNS%2001.02.90.pdf pp.18-20
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Vizzola_Calif
5. https://aviationfanatic.com/ent_show.php?ent=5&AC_Regno=BGA-1957
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidford-on-Avon#Transport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2014 20:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Aug-2022 22:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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