ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 190051
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| Date: | Thursday 1 November 2007 |
| Time: | 17:50 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Bencray Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATMW |
| MSN: | 28-21486 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hinton-In-The-Hedges Airfield, near Brackley, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Braaschaat, Antwerp, Belgium (EBBT) |
| Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield, near Brackley | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 01-11-2007 when crashed at Hinton-In-The-Hedges Airfield, near Brackley, Northamptonshire: The pilot considered that the aircraft was low on fuel, and he decided to land at an unlit airfield in the dark. He asked a person on the ground to position their vehicle in such a way as to indicate where the aircraft should land; the pilot misidentified this vehicle’s lights and landed at the wrong position.
Just prior to touchdown the aircraft struck a fuel bowser, before falling heavily on its nose landing gear, which then collapsed. The pilot - the sole person on board - sustained minor injuries (a minor cut to his chin).
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Nose landing gear broken, both wing skins damaged,
propeller damaged". The damage sustained was presumably enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-ATMW was cancelled by the CAA on 16-11-2007 as "Permanently withdrawn from use". It has been reported that the fuselage (less engine) with the wings detached, but stacked nearby, was still in storage at Blackpool Airport in September 2011 (see link #3)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542303cb40f0b61342000b21/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee__G-ATMW_04-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ATMW
3. G-ATMW in storage at Blackpool on 24-09-2011: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000673030.html
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/carmedic/8399603735
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2016 19:48 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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