ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179343
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| Date: | Monday 7 September 2015 |
| Time: | 09:47 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | Hangar 10 - Herringdorf |
| Registration: | D-FMKN |
| MSN: | CBAF7269 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Merlin 66 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Field near Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent |
| London-Biggin Hill Airport (BQH/EGKB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft had taken off from Woodchurch, an airstrip southwest of Ashford, and was heading for Biggin Hill Airport. In the cruise at about 1,200 ft agl the pilot set 2,000 engine rpm and a boost of +1. About 30 seconds later he sensed a reduction in power but a check of all the engine gauges and controls did not reveal any abnormalities. He advanced the throttle but this resulted in a series of misfires and backfires, so he decided to return to Woodchurch, finding that the engine would only run smoothly at idle – any attempt to increase throttle resulted in it misfiring or cutting completely.
The pilot realised that he would not make the airfield, so trimmed for best glide speed of 85-90 kt and selected the largest suitable field for a wheels-up forced landing. This was successful but the soft stubble surface appeared to allow the under wing radiators to dig into the soil and the resulting drag detached the left wing at its root.
Original Spitfire of the Free French Pilot Jacques Remlinger, friend of Pierre Closterman during WW2. Transformed in two seat trainer in july 1950.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-vickers-armstrongs-ltd-spitfire-t9-d-fmkn
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-34174822
3. http://www.veroniquechemla.info/2012/07/jacques-remlinger-1923-2002-pilote-de.html
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p068.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 May 2012 | D-FMKN | Air Fighter Academy GmbH | 0 | Bremgarten Airfield (EDTG) |  |
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| Gear-up landing | ||||||
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She'll live to fly another day, old boy. Pilot OK as vintage Spitfire makes emergency landing in Woodchurch field. pic.twitter.com/bRzyKAInuo
— George (@MrGeorgeFuller) 7 september 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2015 12:41 | sharla82 | Added |
| 07-Sep-2015 12:43 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2015 12:46 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2015 15:10 | Iceman29 | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 07-Sep-2015 20:15 | Bob Ronge | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Jan-2016 10:35 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 16:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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