ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17675
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| Date: | Saturday 3 May 2008 |
| Time: | 19:35 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-KITE |
| MSN: | 28-8490053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Popham Airfield, Coxford Down, Winchester, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Popham, Hampshire (EGHP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After landing long on a wet grass runway, with a tailwind component, the pilot was unable to stop the aircraft. It ran through the boundary fence before being arrested by a substantial hedge, during which both wings were torn off.
The pilot’s assessment of the cause of the accident was commendably honest, attributing it to a combination of factors that included: a degree of tiredness after a two-day tour combined with “…a feeling that the end was in sight”; failure to observe the wind sock, which would have shown that the wind was approximately 9 knots from 150°, giving a tailwind component when landing on Runway 26; and the fact that the aircraft landed long, on damp grass.
Wreckage taken by road to Bournemouth (Hurn) (EGHH) for accident investigation and spares recovery. Damage to the airframe: Slight damage to propeller, engine shock-loaded, both wings torn off. All of which were enough to render the aircraft as a write off (damaged beyond economic repair) and the registration G-KITE cancelled by the CAA on 12.12.2008
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f651ed915d13710005f1/Piper_PA-28-181_Cherokee_Archer_II__G-KITE_08-08.pdf
2. CAA; https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CEGK
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1316732/ (picture of wreckage)
4. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/325652-lucky-escape-popham.html
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7382751.stm
6. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=598047
7. Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7386623.stm
8. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2246267.print/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-May-2008 23:21 | Fusko | Added |
| 15-Sep-2012 14:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2013 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2014 23:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2016 23:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Source] |
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