ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174598
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| Date: | Monday 30 August 1999 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5A Cheetah |
| Owner/operator: | Flying Services |
| Registration: | G-NASH |
| MSN: | AA5A-0617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sandown Airfield, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight (EGHN) |
| Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight (EGHN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30 August 1999 when bounced heavily on landing at Sandown Airfield, Lake, Sandown, Isle of Wight, According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"This was the student pilot's second solo detail of the day. Runway 23 has a grass surface that was dry and in good condition; the surface wind was 230 degrees/6 knots. The aircraft bounced on landing and the pilot lowered the nose in order to see the runway better. He failed to adjust the attitude and the aircraft landed heavily on the nose landing gear. It came rapidly to a halt on the runway, and the pilot, who was wearing lap and diagonal upper torso restraint, escaped without injury".
The AAIB reported that the damage to G-NASH was to the "Nose landing gear, propeller, underside of cowling, and forward fuselage, cockpit floor buckled". All of which presumably rendered G-NASH as "beyond economic repair", and the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 7 December 2000 (over a year later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use" and "Addressee Status: Gone Away"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422faa5e5274a1317000805/dft_avsafety_pdf_501974.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-NASH.pdf
3. G-NASH at Elstree (EGTR) 10/4/1979: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001238845.html
4. G-NASH at Compton Abbas (EGHA) 29/8/1988: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1161689
5. https://benlovegrove.com/from-trial-flight-to-ppl-private-pilots-licence/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2015 21:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Mar-2015 21:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 22:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 08-Feb-2018 19:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location] |
| 06-Dec-2020 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Accident report] |
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