ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186224
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| Date: | Saturday 29 June 1991 |
| Time: | 14:57 |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-5 Traveler |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BBGH |
| MSN: | AA5-0430 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Usk Airfield, Gwernesney, Near Usk, Monmouthshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Usk Airfield, Gwernesney, Near Usk, Monmouthshire |
| Elstree, Hertfordshire (ETR/EGTR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 29-6-1991 when crashed on take off from Usk Airfield, Gwernesney, Near Usk, Monmouthshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"...the pilot reports that he commenced the take off run with full power and one third flap deployed. Acceleration appeared to be slower than usual, and as the speed reached 70 knots, the aircraft encountered a rise in the surface of the grass runway and became airborne at a high angle of attack.
The pilot attempted to level the aircraft in an attempt to increase speed, but it landed back on the left main landing gear. Subsequently, the right wingtip contacted the ground, and the aircraft veered to the right towards some trees. The take off was abandoned, and the pilot attempted to ground loop the aircraft in order to avoid the trees.
The aircraft skidded and decelerated. but the pilot was unable to slow it down sufficiently to avoid a small stream bounded by trees at the airfield's western boundary. The engine was shut down and the electrics were switched off before impact as the aircraft skid right wing down into the stream
All four occupants (three adults and one child),who had been wearing lap and diagonal harnesses, which held throughout the accident sequence were able to vacate the aircraft without any further assistance. Two of those on board sustained minor injuries"
Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "substantial damage to right wing, engine shock loaded and bulkhead broken. Aircraft spinner destroyed.". The damage sustained was presumably enough to render the aircraft as "beyond economic repair", although the registration G-BBGH was only belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 13-12-1996 (some five and a half years later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f499ed915d137100051d/Grumman_AA-5__G-BBGH_09-91.pdf
2. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BBGH
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2016 17:08 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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