ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186959
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| Date: | Saturday 26 September 1992 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Ronald Arthur Wakefield |
| Registration: | G-BTOM |
| MSN: | 38-78A0763 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Alderney Airport, Alderney, Channel Islands -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Guernsey Airport, Guernsey, Channel Islands (EGJB) |
| Alderney Airport, Alderney, Channel Islands (EGJA) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26-9-1992 in a landing accident at Alderney Airport, Alderney, Channel Islands. The student pilot (flying solo) was uninjured. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The approach to to Alderney Airport was to Runway 08; the surface wind was 12 knots at 130 degrees. The aircraft bounced after touchdown, and after the third bounce, the nose landing gear collapsed. The student pilot (flying solo) carried out the basic shutdown procedures, and then vacated the aircraft without injury."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-BTOM was cancelled by the CAA exactly one month later, on 26-10-1992, as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5423000240f0b61346000ae9/Piper_PA-38-112_Tomahawk__G-BTOM_11-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BTOM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2016 17:39 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 05-May-2016 17:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-May-2016 17:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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