ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181962
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 February 1989 |
| Time: | 16:25 |
| Type: |  Luscombe 8A Master |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AKUF |
| MSN: | 4794 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tory House, Westhyde, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 21-02-1989: Engine failed to respond to more power on approach to Runway 24 at Denham Airfield, Buckinghamshire, so the pilot, in order to avoid the trees, turned to the right and landed in the garden of a private house, followed by ground loop through the hedge of the garden. The AAIB report attributed the lack of power to the aircraft running out of fuel ("examination of the aircraft...found that there was no fuel present in the aircraft's undamaged fuel tank")
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Extensive damage to the right wing, moderate damage to the left wing and fuselage". As a result, the registration G-AKUF was cancelled by the CAA six months later on 08-08-1989.
However, G-AKUF was later repaired, and restored to the UK civil register (to a new owner in Buckinghamshire) three years later, on 01-07-1991. Sold on a further three times since (20-09-1991, 31-08-2000, and 20-03-2007) and further damaged in another accident on 25-05-2003 at Private landing strip at Guestling, near Hastings, East Sussex. However repaired (again) and still currently registered in 2016 with its sixth owner since 1988
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5423045b40f0b61346000d03/Luscombe_8A__G-AKUF_05-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AKUF
3. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=G-AKUF&fields=reg
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 2003 | G-AKUF | Private | 0 | Guestling, near Hastings, East Sussex | |
sub |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2015 14:11 | JINX | Added |
| 27-Jan-2016 12:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2016 12:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Jan-2016 14:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-May-2022 03:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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