ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181425
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| Date: | Sunday 10 March 1985 |
| Time: | 16:38 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BIRO |
| MSN: | 172-74826 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elstree Aerodrome, Elstree, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elstree, Hertfordshire (EGTR) |
| Elstree, Hertfordshire (EGTR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/3/1985 when swung off the runway on landing at Elstree Aerodrome, Elstree Hertfordshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report:
"The aircraft was on a local flight within the Elstree Aerodrome circuit area, with three occupants on board - the handling pilot, a safety pilot, and one passenger. The handling pilot reports that, after flying circuits for approximately 40 minutes, he made a normal approach to Runway 26 but that the landing flare was on the high side.
However, as the sink rate towards the runway increased, the safety pilot advised a further backward movement of the control column, and the application of more power, and assisted on the controls. The aircraft then 'ballooned' before sinking again, when the left wing dropped to such an extent that the left wing tip contacted the ground. The aircraft then swung left off the runway, and subsequently, during recovery back onto the runway, the right wing tip also contacted the ground".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "damage to wings and fuselage". The severity of the damage is not quantified. However, the registration G-BIRO was not cancelled until 13/5/1993 (over eight years later). The last sighting of G-BIRO was as a wreck dumped at The Stade, Old Town, Hastings, East Sussex on 19/8/2009 (see link #3)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1, AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230092e5274a1317000ac7/Cessna_172P_G-BIRO_05-85.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000366481.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 December 1992 | G-BIRO | Michael Charles Grant | 0 | English Channel, approximately 5 nm south of Hastings, East Sussex | |
w/o |
| Fuel starvation | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2015 13:21 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 17-Nov-2015 13:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2015 13:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2020 00:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage, Accident report] |
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