ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186243
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| Date: | Monday 5 August 1991 |
| Time: | 13:33 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Patgrove Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BATM |
| MSN: | 32-7240040 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Golf Course near Biggin Hill Airport, Bromley, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
| Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 5 August 1981, whilst en-route from Newmarket to Shoreham, the engine of Piper Cherokee Six G-BATM started to run rough. Thus the pilot decided to divert to Biggin Hill Airfield. The engine situation deteriorated, despite the pilot's efforts to rectify that, so that some way from Biggin Hill and at only 800 feet he was getting no more than 40% power from it. He continued to lose height and on dropping to 450 feet realised that he would not make Biggin Hill. Thus he elected to make an emergency landing. At this point the engine stopped. He chose his landing site (BCAR 1919-1999 says that it was a golf course) but, to avoid a residential area, he had to land down wind.
Having cleared tall trees, on the landing field boundary, he applied full flap and, as a result, made a heavy landing. The first part of the Piper to touch the ground was the port wing, which was torn away as the aeroplane yawed to port. It came to a halt within eighty feet. The pilot, who was alone in the aeroplane, switched off the fuel and electrics and then left the Piper unaided and uninjured. No engine defect could be discovered. The Piper suffered major damage to its port wing, propeller and undercarriage as a result of this landing
Damage sustained to airframe: per the AAIB report "serious damage to left wing, propeller and landing gear". As a result, the registration G-BATM was cancelled by the CAA on 6 February 1992
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423005240f0b61342000985/Piper_PA-32-300_Cherokee_Six__G-BATM_10-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BATM.pdf
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000647995.html
4. G-BATM at Shoreham (EGKA) in 1985: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1372327
5. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BATM/923653
6. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17454.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2016 22:32 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 18-Nov-2020 17:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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