ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199280
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| Date: | Monday 28 August 2017 |
| Time: | 12:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Lomac Aviators Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BCJM |
| MSN: | 28-7425321 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Close to A59 at Mains Lane, Parbold, near Wigan, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool-John Lennon International Airport (LPL/EGGP) |
| Liverpool-John Lennon International Airport (LPL/EGGP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft departed Liverpool Airport for a training flight and, during the first 15 minutes, two practice engine failures were completed. Then, at approximately 2,300 ft while climbing with maximum engine rpm set, power suddenly reduced and the instructor took control and adopted a glide attitude. With the fuel pump already switched on and mixture rich, the other fuel tank was selected and the carburettor heat was set to hot, but the engine rpm did not recover.
A suitable field was selected, a distress call was made and the engine was secured; the propeller continued to windmill until the aircraft was flared for landing. After touchdown the instructor spotted a low fence ahead and briefly lifted the aircraft off the ground again and “hopped” over the fence.
During the subsequent ground roll several sheep ran in front of the aircraft and one was hit. The aircraft was stopped close to a second fence and the electrics and fuel were then turned off before the crew exited through the door. Some unidentified debris was later found in the carburettor but the examining engineer was unsure if this was sufficient to have caused the engine failure.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/private-plane-forced-make-emergency-13540427.amp
2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4830316/Plane-Parbold-forced-land-field-sheep.html
3. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=105203
4. https://www.lep.co.uk/news/update-aircraft-crash-lands-into-lancashire-field-1-8725315
5. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
6. https://www.2br.co.uk/news/local-news/2366090/light-aircraft-crash-lands-in-lancashire/
7. http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/08/plane-forced-into-emergency-landing-in-field-near-a59/
8. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a3cc298ed915d6be90f2e86/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee_G-BCJM_01-18.pdf
9. https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/southport-west-lancs/plane-crashes-sheep-after-emergency-14160906
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 December 1998 | G-BCJM | Top Cat Aviation Ltd. (G-INFO) | 0 | Manchester International Airport (EGCC), Lancashire, | |
sub |
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 23rd December 2007
Media:
Close shave for plane crew; Emergency landing - bumped a sheep & stopped 6ft from fence. @Ormskirk_Fire and @LancashireFRS #drone assisting pic.twitter.com/hrUgDZAUmj
— Tim Murrell (@LFRS_Tim) 28 August 2017
Firefighters have located the aircraft and established that it landed safely in a farmers field near Mains Lane. There were no injuries.
— Lancashire Fire (@LancashireFRS) 28 August 2017
We have three fire engines and drone on the way to a light aircraft that has come down in a farmers field close to the A59 near Parbold.
— Lancashire Fire (@LancashireFRS) 28 August 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2017 18:56 | NWUK | Added |
| 29-Aug-2017 18:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Aug-2017 16:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 16:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2017 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Jan-2018 11:26 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2018 12:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 16-Jan-2018 12:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Jun-2020 21:52 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Photo] |
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