ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175066
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| Date: | Friday 8 August 1997 |
| Time: | 16:07 |
| Type: |  Maule M-7-180 Star Rocket |
| Owner/operator: | Stafford W Freeborn Trustee |
| Registration: | N61331 |
| MSN: | 11054C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brunton Airfield, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stapleford, Essex (EGSX) |
| Brunton, Northumberland | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 8 August 1997 when crashed on landing at Brunton Airfield. Christon Bank, Alnwick, Northumberland, and caught fire, killing both persons on board (the pilot and one passenger). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"At about 11:45 hours, the aircraft took off from Maypole Airfield,Kent for a flight to Brunton Airfield via Stapleford, where it landed at 12:24 hours and was refuelled with 185 litres of 100LL aviation gasoline. It took off again at about 13:45 hours.
The aircraft was seen on the approach to Runway 14 at Brunton at about 16:00 hours; the landing lights were on and the flap appeared to be selected to full. The passenger, in the right seat, was seen to have his right arm raised "towards the front above his head maybe holding on to something".
There is a tubular piece of aircraft cabin structure in this area which would have made a convenient handhold. It is unlikely that he would have had his hand in this position if he had been flying the aircraft.
The aircraft appeared to touchdown in a three point attitude. The left wing then started to rise and the aircraft moved to the right towards some large straw bales on the grass near the right side of the runway; the right wing tip may have touched the ground momentarily although no physical evidence was found of any such contact. Power was applied and the aircraft became airborne again.
It continued to turn to the right and climbed to what was estimated to be about 100 feet agl; the impression gained from eye witness reports was that the aircraft was flying very slowly in an almost stalled condition. The bank angle steepened and witnesses saw the aircraft in top planform after it had turned onto a north westerly heading having crossed the railway line to the west of the airfield. It then descended rapidly in this attitude until it struck the ground and subsequently caught fire, killing the occupants.
The pilot's dog, which frequently accompanied her, normally occupied the rear of the cabin. The dog was unrestrained and escaped with only minor injury; it was in or near the aircraft when the fire started as it suffered some singeing of its fur".
The AAIB report confirms that N61331 was "destroyed" in the accident; however, the US registration was only belatedly cancelled on 8 July 2013 - one month short of 16 years later
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1, AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f06c40f0b613420002bb/dft_avsafety_pdf_500130.pdf
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=61331
3. https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N61331
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkelseyphotography/15395867019
5. http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/6/N61331.shtm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2015 16:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Apr-2015 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2015 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2016 16:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 14:31 | TB | Updated [Location] |
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