ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184366
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| Date: | Friday 9 February 1990 |
| Time: | 14:36 |
| Type: |  Christen Eagle II |
| Owner/operator: | Titan Airways |
| Registration: | G-ZAPP |
| MSN: | PFA 138-1089 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pleshey, NW of Chelmsford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | London Stansted (STN/EGSS) |
| Southend, Essex (SEN/EGMC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-G-TARA (first UK registered as such 13/06/1985). Re-registered as G-ZAPP 11-09-1989. Written off (destroyed) 09-02-1990 when crashed at Pleshey, north-west of Chelmsford, Essex. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"A witness who saw the aircraft two miles from the point where it crashed, described the aircraft as flying straight and level at about 1,000 feet, then pulling up to complete a loop before continuing in a straight and level flight at its original height
Two minutes later, another witness who attention was attracted to the aircraft by its engine noise, saw it hit the ground in a steep dive. However, he only saw the aircraft during the last 30 feet of its descent, and described the aircraft's attitude as 45 degrees from the vertical, nose down, and banked to the right. He descrived the aircraft engine engine noise as 'full throated' until the moment of impact".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-ZAPP was cancelled by the CAA on 14-05-1990 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AAIB
CAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2016 22:25 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 11-Feb-2016 19:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2016 19:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2020 06:57 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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