ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174060
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| Date: | Friday 4 September 1981 |
| Time: | 13:26 |
| Type: |  Maule M-5-235C Lunar Rocket |
| Owner/operator: | Capital Aviation Sales (UK) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-LOVE |
| MSN: | 7365C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cranfield, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Cranfield, Bedfordshire (EGTC) |
| Cranfield, Bedfordshire (EGTC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed by fire) when crashed whilst giving a demonstration flight at an air show at Cranfield, Bedfordshire on 4 September 1981. According to the following summary from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"A Maule aircraft was carrying out a demonstration flight with the pilot and two passengers aboard at the Flight Business and Light Aviation Show at Cranfield, Bedfordshire. Whilst demonstrating steep turns at low altitude, the aircraft entered into a spin to the right, and crashed into the used aircraft park, killing all three on board, and severely damaging a parked Piper Cherokee 180 (G-BFMV). Both aircraft caught fire, and a spectator standing on the wing of the Piper was injured.
The accident was probably caused by the commander manoeuvring his aircraft in a very tight turn such that it entered into a spin from which it was not possible to recover with the remaining altitude available"
G-LOVE had only acquired UK registration marks two days before it crashed. As a result of this accident, the registration was cancelled by the on 10 September 1981 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/3-1982-maule-m-5-235c-g-love
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-LOVE.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1095959/
4. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?77321-Airshow-related-Accidents&p=1321634
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2015 17:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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