ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174214
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| Date: | Sunday 3 April 1988 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Park Display Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BAPN |
| MSN: | 28-7305142 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eaglescott, near Barnstaple, North Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eaglescott, near Barnstaple, North Devon (EGHU) |
| Kidlington Aerodrome, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3 April 1988 when crashed on take off from Eaglescott, near Barnstaple, North Devon, and flew into trees on the airfield boundary. The impact with the trees severed the left wing. The three occupants (pilot and two passengers) were slightly injured, suffering bruising from the restraint harnesses and from hitting the control column.
The pilot left the aircraft through the left window, which had been broken in the crash, but was unable to release his two passengers without assistance from the emergency services, who were quickly on the scene.
The official AAIB report into the accident confirms that G-BAPN sustained "substantial damage to wings, engine, and fuselage". It seems likely that G-BAPN was "damaged beyond economic repair" and never flew again. However, the registration was only belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 12 July 1994, some six years later as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/piper-pa28-120-g-bapn-3-april-1988
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1087092/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2015 14:59 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Mar-2015 15:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2018 17:00 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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