ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187001
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| Date: | Monday 19 October 1992 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-1S |
| Owner/operator: | Anthony Nicholas Raynor Houghton |
| Registration: | G-BOOK |
| MSN: | 1-0017 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire |
| Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed by fire) 19-10-1992 when caught fire on landing at Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire, at the end of an aerobatics training sortie. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"After performing an aerobatics sequence lasting one minute with the display smoke systems switched on, the pilot leveled off downwind to land, and switched the smoke system off. On short finals, he heard an unfamiliar noise, and, after landing, noticed the that floor panel was on fire. The pilot opened the engine cowling, but could not stop the fire; five fire extinguishers were obtained from the hangar, but, by the time they arrived, the aircraft was well alight, they were ineffective and did not stop the fire.
The pilot ascribed the accident to a leak of the diesel oil used in the smoke system, running down the fire wall into the engine, and causing a fire on the underside of the aircraft."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed by fire". As a result, the registration G-BOOK was cancelled by the CAA on 17-11-1992 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f1bd40f0b61342000351/Pitts_S-1S__Modified__Pitts_Special__G-BOOK_12-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOOK
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/14778966@N06/4818614248
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2016 18:28 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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