ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186232
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| Date: | Saturday 6 July 1991 |
| Time: | 09:55 |
| Type: | Taylor JT.2 Titch |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BCTR |
| MSN: | PFA.3224 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brickhouse Farm Aerodrome, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brickhouse Farm Aerodrome, Frampton Cotterell, Avon |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 6-7-1991 when crashed on take off from Brickhouse Farm Aerodrome, Frampton Cotterell, Gloucestershre, killing the pilot (the sole person on board). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was at its maximum authorized take off weight due the amount of baggage carried on board. The aircraft had limited stowage capacity, but the available evidence shows that all the baggage was contained within the aircraft, apart from a sleeping bag, which was being used to supplement the pilot's seat cushion.
The location of the stowed baggage shifted the aircraft's centre of gravity, but the C of G was calculated to be within the aft limit. At the take off weight the stall speed in unaccelerated flight was 64 mph. After take off, the Taylor Titch was seen to climb, at a speed of about 90 mph, to a height between 70 to 100 feet, and enter a steep turn, with an angle of bank estimated to be at least 60 degrees.
As the aircraft turned south, in the full effect of the prevailing wind, the angle of bank continued to increase, and the aircraft continued to roll, with the nose dropping, until it struck the ground in a near-vertical attitude. The pilot sustained fatal injuries"
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-BCTR was cancelled by the CAA on 27-8-1991 as "destroyed" and pilot/owners "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fd4eed915d13740008cf/Taylor_Titch_JT2__G-BCTR_11-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BCTR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2016 19:06 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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