ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179700
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| Date: | Friday 26 October 2012 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-135 Tri-Pacer |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-APYI |
| MSN: | 22-2218 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sarngwm Farm Strip, Bethesda, Pembrokeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sarngwm Farm Strip, Bethesda, Pembrokeshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/10/2012 when crashed on take off at Sarngwm Farm Strip, Bethesda, Pembrokeshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"G-APYI is a Piper Tri-pacer aircraft (built with a tricycle landing gear) converted to a tailwheel configuration. The pilot was taking off from his grass airstrip, the runway of which is 475 metres long, oriented 24/06 and is bordered at each end by hedges. The runway also cuts through two hedges at about its midpoint. The wind was from the north-west at 10 knots and the aircraft was taking off on Runway 24, which has a downward slope.
The pilot stated that, after about 150 metres of ground roll, the aircraft encountered a soft patch of grass and the combination of this with the crosswind caused him to lose directional and the aircraft slid into a hedge to the left of the runway"
Damage sustained to airframe: Damage to propeller, landing gear, rear fuselage, left elevator and left wing spar. All of which were enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", and the registration G-APYI was cancelled by the CAA on 16/9/2015 (almost three years later...) as "Permanently withdrawn from use". The three year delay may have been due to the aircraft being sold on for parts recovery/"parting out" by Nalson Aviation Ltd (see twitter feed below)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fd2ee5274a13140008b3/Piper_PA-22-135_Tri-Pacer_G-APYI_04-13.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://twitter.com/nalsonaviation/status/403173785609584640/photo/1
4. Previous crash 21-8-2005: http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/upload/general/8302-0.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2015 13:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Sep-2015 13:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2017 19:41 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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