ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174191
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| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1988 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | West London Aero Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AXTH |
| MSN: | 28-26283 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Compton Abbas Airfield, 2.7nm SE of Shaftesbury, Dorset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | White Waltham, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) |
| Compton Abbas (EGHA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28 February 1988 when crashed on approach to Compton Abbas Airfield, 2.7nm SE of Shaftesbury, Dorset. The official AAIB report attributed the crash to engine problems - not a total engine failure, but the engine ran roughly, at intermittent intervals, was on reduced power, backfiring, and would not rev above 2100 rpm.
As a result, the pilot elected to divert to Compton Abbas, rather than return to White Waltham. However, on final approach to Runway 26 at Compton Abbas, the pilot found that he could not reduce power, so he decided to go around. However due to the lack of engine power, the aircraft would not climb above 200 feet.
After turning on to base leg for a second attempt to land in Runway 26, the engine stopped. The pilot then carried out a forced landing into a ploughed field 150 metres short of the runway.
Damage sustained to G-AXTH: Left and right main gear separated from aircraft, nose landing gear buckled, propeller tips bent, damage to the lower fuselage, and rupture of the upper surface of the right wing.
All of the above damage presumably made G-AXTH "beyond economic repair"; however, the registration was not cancelled by the CAA until 13 July 1995, over eight years later. The last reported sighting of G-AXTH was in hangar 42 at Blackpool airport, as a "wreck" in a storage area owned by the Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club (see link #3)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/piper-pa-28-140-g-axth-28-february-1988
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.blackpoolspotters.freeservers.com/residentslist.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2015 17:12 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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