ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184210
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 July 1989 |
| Time: | 18:54 |
| Type: | Thruster T300 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Unregistered |
| MSN: | Not lknown |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kidmore End, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Kidmore End, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An unregistered Thruster T300 microlight was substantially damaged (possibly written off) on 11-07-1989 when it crashed into a tree on take off from a private airstrip at Kidmore End, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot/owner intended to take a brief test flight in his recently acquired aircraft. He was joined at short notice just before the flight by another qualified pilot, and their combined weights, together with a full fuel load, meant that the aircraft took off at maximum take off weight.
The aircraft took off from a prepared strip on their owner's land, but failed to gain sufficient height to clear the obstacles in its path. The aircraft struck a large tree with its left wing, and was rotated through 180 degrees before striking the ground. Neither of the two persons on board was badly hurt."
=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the above AAIB report "Substantial damage to pod, engine, and propeller with most spars and struts bent or broken".
The reported crash location of Kidmore End is a village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, centred 6 miles (10 km) NNW of Reading, Berkshire,
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1 AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eb1440f0b6134600004b/Thruster_T300_microlight__Unregistered__12-89.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidmore_End
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2016 11:52 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 27-Aug-2022 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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