ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199992
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 2017 |
| Time: | 10:15 |
| Type: |  Piel CP-301A Emeraude |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ASLX |
| MSN: | 292 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mullinahone Airfield, County Tipperary -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mullinahone Airfield |
| Sligo Airport | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Pilot had intended performing a flight to Sligo Airport. He brought the aircraft out of his hangar at Mullinahone Airfield to hand-start the engine by swinging the propeller. He set the throttle to ‘a higher than the usual setting’, and set the ignition switch to ‘ON’. There was no one aboard the aircraft, and the aircraft wheels had not been chocked. When the pilot swung the propeller the engine started and the aircraft commenced moving across the airfield, where it impacted a boundary hedge and overturned. The aircraft came to rest inverted on an electric fence in a neighbouring field. A post impact fire occurred which destroyed the aircraft. There were no injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/unmanned-plane-destroyed-after-moving-across-airfield-and-smashing-into-fence-as-commander-says-he-was-in-a-hurry-36174452.html
http://www.aaiu.ie/node/1101
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2017 14:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Sep-2017 14:59 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Sep-2017 15:00 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase] |
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