ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189767
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 2006 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: | Zenair CH-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BIRZ |
| MSN: | PFA024-10459 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Glenforsa Airstrip, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Glenforsa Airfield, Salen by Aros, Isle of Mull |
| Perth/Scone Airfield, Scotland (EGPT/PSL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 09-09-2006 when crashed on takeoff form Glenforsa Airstrip, Salen by Aros, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland: While attempting to take off from Runway 07 at Glenforsa Airstrip in southerly cross-wind conditions, the pilot lost control of the aircraft which collided with the airfield’s perimeter fence before coming to rest on the beach. Both occupants vacated the aircraft uninjured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported that there was no weather and the wind was from 140 degrees at 12 knots. During the take off run, the pilot had difficulty keeping the aircraft straight, and had full right rudder and into wind aileron applied, in an attempt to do so. After approximately 300 metres the aircraft started to veer uncontrollably to the left. As he approached the takeoff speed of 50 mph, the aircraft continued to veer left and the right wing lifted 'slightly'.
The aircraft then became airborne briefly, in a very high nose up attitude. The left wing then struck the ground, and bounced, before striking the perimeter fence and penetrating it. The aircraft then slid down onto the beach, before coming to rest on the foreshore above the water line. The occupants vacated the aircraft uninjured through its sliding canopy."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Severe damage to airframe, engine propeller, port wing
and landing gear". The damage sustained was sufficient to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", and the registration G-BIRZ was cancelled by the CAA on 13-12-2006 as "Destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f0bee5274a131400031b/Zenair_CH_250__G-BIRZ_02-07.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BIRZ
3. Zenair CH.250-100 at Cranfield Airport in 1988: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000452731.html
4. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=G-BIRZ&fields=reg
5. G-BIRZ Zenair CH.250-100 at East Fortune 10.8.02: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkelseyphotography/15931268962
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2016 23:47 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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