ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189201
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| Date: | Saturday 7 May 2005 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  American General AG-5B Tiger |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the BIBIT Group |
| Registration: | G-BYDX |
| MSN: | 10051 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farley Farm West, Braishfield, Winchester, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lee-on-Solent (EGHF) |
| Farley Farm West, Braishfield, Winchester, Hampshire (X9FF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex: N1191Y > F-GKBH > G-BYDX > N374SA > G-BYDX: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 07-05-2005 when ran off the runway on landing and collided with a hedge at Farley Farm West, Braishfield, Winchester, Hampshire. No injuries reported to the two persons on board (pilot and one passenger). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot had flown from a private airstrip at Farley Farm to Lee-on-Solent Aerodrome to collect a passenger and return to the airstrip. Takeoff from Runway 24 at Farley Farm had been uneventful with a surface wind, assessed from the windsock, of north-westerly at 10 knots. The grass airstrip is approximately 700 metres long and is bounded by a hedge at the northern end and by trees at the southern end. There is a down slope from mid runway towards the southern end.
With the physical characteristics of the airstrip, the preferred takeoff is from Runway 24 and the preferred landing is on Runway 06. The windsock is located close to the mid-point of the runway. During his return flight, the pilot had checked the ATIS at Southampton. This broadcast gave the surface wind as 310 degrees/10 to 12 knots, but with large variations.
On arrival at Farley Farm, the pilot assessed the wind to be similar to that he had experienced on takeoff and his passenger noted the windsock showing the surface wind at right angles to the runway. The pilot decided to land on Runway 06 and subsequently made a normal approach. Touchdown was near the mid-point of the runway and the pilot was unable to stop the aircraft before it struck a gate in the hedge at its end.
In an honest report, the pilot considered that the wind may have backed and strengthened during the approach and resulted in a tailwind for landing, which he had been too slow to appreciate. He assessed the most likely cause of the accident as “Hubris, leading to nemesis”
Nature of Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Extensive" damage sustained. The damage was presumably "extensive" enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair". as the registration G-BYDX was cancelled by the CAA on 29-11-2005 as "Destroyed". The damaged airframe was dumped at Farley Farm (see links #3 & #7)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f544e5274a1317000585/G-BYDX_07-05.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BYDX
3. Wreckage at Farley Farm 08-08-2014: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001027099.html
4. G-BYDX at Booker (EGTB) 23-1-2005: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000839472.html
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
6. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/American-General-AG-5B-Tiger/265078
7. http://aviationforall.proboards.com/thread/437/graveyard-farley-farm-strip
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2016 22:43 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 10-Aug-2016 22:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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