ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187993
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| Date: | Thursday 31 March 2016 |
| Time: | 06:06 |
| Type: |  Cessna F172S Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Pooler-Lmt Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ENNK |
| MSN: | 172S-8538 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shirlowe Airstrip, High Ercall, near Telford, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shirlowe Airstrip, High Ercall, near Telford, Shropshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31-3-2016 when overturned after running off the runway following the abandonment of a take off from Shirlowe Airstrip, High Ercall, near Telford, Shropshire. No injuries sustained by the pilot (the sole person on board). According to the following summary from the official AAIB report into the incident:
"The pilot was attempting to take off from Shirlowe airstrip, using grass Runway 15 which is approximately 318 metres long. However, he realised that the aircraft was not accelerating quickly enough to reach flying speed as the ground was too soft. He abandoned the takeoff and the aircraft ran off the end of the runway and into a soft, cultivated field where it flipped inverted.
The pilot was uninjured and evacuated the aircraft unaided. He stated that he regularly operated from Shirlowe airstrip and had calculated that Runway 15 gave a 40% margin for soft ground based on the performance figures for a short-field takeoff quoted in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook.
The CAA’s Safety Sense leaflet 7c “Aircraft Performance” contains a paragraph which urges pilots to establish a decision point at which takeoff can be safely abandoned without overrunning if a pilot is not happy with his aircraft’s or his engine’s performance."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft inverted; probably damaged beyond economic repair"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57399624e5274a1523000006/Cessna_172S_Skyhawk_G-ENNK_06-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ENNK
3. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2016/03/31/plane-overturns-in-telford-field/
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 19th May 2010
Media:
Crews attended a light aircraft overturned this morning nr Shirlowe #telford. Thankfully the pilot is ok. Crews dealt with small fuel leak
— Wellington Station (@SFRSWellington) March 31, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2016 16:12 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 20-Jun-2020 17:49 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
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