ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181859
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| Date: | Saturday 16 August 1986 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: | Aviasud Sirocco 377GB |
| Owner/operator: | Midland Ultralights Ltd |
| Registration: | G-MMLL |
| MSN: | MU-001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire |
| Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/8/1986 when flew into a tree at Weston Park, Weston Under Lizard, Staffordshire. The aircraft initially sustained only minor (repairable) damage in the collision with the tree, but was wrecked (damaged beyond repair) during the operation to recover it from the tree branches it had settled into! According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the incident:
"The aircraft took off to the south west, with the winds light and variable, generally from the north west at 5 knots. The aircraft was seen to turn to the right, against the usual direction of the airfield circuit, and was thought by observers to be low and slow. After two circuits, the aircraft made an approach to the runway, but was seen to be approaching high over the airfield boundary, and appeared to be carrying out an overshoot, but without the sound of a significant increase in power. At the far end of the airfield, the aircraft was seen to settle into the tops of the trees in a densely wooded area.
The aircraft sank into the tree tops, abruptly coming to rest against a large oak tree, hanging vertically tail down, with the tail section caught up in the tree branches. The pilot was wearing a full harness and sustained only minor injuries, managing to leave the aircraft, and climb down the tree"
=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the above AAIB Report "Initially slight to moderate damage, becoming substantial following recovery from a tree".
G-MMLL was first registered on 30 March 1984, and stayed throughout with Midland Ultralights until the registration was cancelled by the CAA (and the airframe de-registered) on 18 October 1993. The 1993 de-registration was as the result of a further accident on 8 May 1987 at Fangfoss Grange, near Pocklington, Humberside (see link #2)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB (Accident on 16/8/1986); https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423005ee5274a1314000a1b/Sirocco_3776B_microlight_G-MMLL_10-86.pdf
2. AAIB (Accident on 8/5/1987): https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/midland-ultralights-aviasud-sirocco-377gb-microlight-g-mmll-8-may-1987
3. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-MMLL.pdf
4. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=G-MMLL&fields=reg
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1141401/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2015 21:06 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 30-Nov-2015 21:15 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Sep-2017 16:31 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2017 16:32 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2022 19:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 27-Aug-2022 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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