ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21094
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| Date: | Saturday 14 June 2008 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: |  PZL-104 Wilga 80 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-EPZL |
| MSN: | CF14800560 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Wsk-Pzl Kalisz AI-14RA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brook Farm, Burgate, Wrotham, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Brook Farm, Burgate, Wrotham, Suffolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14-06-2008 when crashed at Brook Farm, Burgate, Wrotham, Suffolk: The tail wheel-equipped aircraft overturned on landing following the separation of the lower part of the right main landing gear. The cause of the separation of the undercarriage could not be determined. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"During the landing the aircraft suddenly pitched forward and became inverted. The rear seat passenger exited the aircraft through the right door, which had opened on impact. The front seat passenger released his seat belt, with assistance from the airfield owner, and also escaped via the right door. The pilot was initially trapped by the structure of the aircraft and was unable to move until helpers lifted the aircraft sufficiently to allow him to crawl out through the right door.
Subsequent examination revealed that the trailing arm of the right landing gear leg had detached during the landing; the upper part of the leg had then dug into the ground, causing the aircraft to pitch forward and become inverted."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-EPZL was cancelled by the CAA on 10-11-2008 as "Destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f80bed915d1374000697/PZL-104_Wilga_80__G-EPZL_07-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=EPZL
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/7455168.stm
4. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/light-aircraft-crashes-in-suffolk-1-206960
5. http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/light-aircraft-crashes-in-suffolk-1-189447?usurv=skip
6. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000118424L.html
7. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/3658.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2008 11:32 | number78 | Added |
| 15-Jun-2008 12:24 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Jun-2008 08:31 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Jul-2009 12:58 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2012 12:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2013 16:00 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2016 19:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2016 19:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
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