ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181890
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| Date: | Thursday 25 September 1986 |
| Time: | 16:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Robin Cook Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AZZS |
| MSN: | 34-7250221 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shoreham Airport, Cecil Pashley Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, West Sussex (EGKA) |
| Shoreham Airport, West Sussex (EGKA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 25-9-1986 when made a heavy landing at Shoreham Airport, Cecil Pashley Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. The pilot (the sole person on board) was not injured. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Following a go-around at Shoreham Airport due to circuit congestion, a normal approach was made using full flap. After landing on an undulating area of the grass runway, the aircraft began to 'porpoise', and was observed by the Aerodrome Controller to "wheelbarrow" for quite some distance, before resuming its normal attitude. The pilot was unaware of any damage sustained to the airframe, and continued to his intended shut-down area. Subsequent examination of the airframe revealed that it had sustained significant damage."
Damage sustained to airframe: As confirmed by the AAIB report "engine shock loaded, propeller tips damaged, and fuselage skin wrinkled around the nose landing gear". As a result, the airframe was deemed to be "damaged beyond economic repair" and the registration G-AZZS was cancelled by the CAA, one year later, on 17/9/1987, as "permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f055ed915d13710002dd/Piper_PA-34-200_2__G-AZZS__01-87.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Media:
Remains of Piper PA-34-200 Seneca G-AZZS at Rantoul, Kansas on April 30 2013
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2015 23:26 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 07-May-2016 21:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2016 21:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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