ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212610
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| Date: | Sunday 24 June 2018 |
| Time: | 18:05 LT |
| Type: |  Steen Skybolt |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the G-SKIE Group |
| Registration: | G-SKIE |
| MSN: | AACA/357 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kenyon Hall Farm, Winwick Lane, Croft, Warrington, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kenyon Hall Farm Airstrip, Croft, Warrington, Cheshire |
| Barton City Airport, Liverpool Rd, Eccles, Manchester (ECCB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted trees at Kenyon Hall Farm, Winwick Lane, Croft, Warrington, Cheshire. The biplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot received minor injuries. According to a press release from Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service (see link #5)
"Light aircraft crash near Warrington
Date/Time: 24/06/2018 - 18:05
Address:
Kenyon Hall Farm, Culcheth.
Attendance:
Two fire engines attended - One from Northwich and one from Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service.
Details
Light aircraft crash near Warrington
Shortly after 6 pm today, Sunday 24 June, firefighters were called to a light aircraft crash in a field at Kenyon Hall Farm near Culcheth. On arrival crews found that the plane had landed in a tree and the pilot was trapped in the aircraft.
Crews worked to release the pilot and he has since been passed to the care of North West Ambulance Service; he is believed to be in a stable condition and has been taken to Warrington District General Hospital. The Civil Aviation Authority is being informed."
The very same aircraft had previously force landed on the 14th Fairway, Westhoughton Golf Course, Bolton, Lancashire on 17/6/2017 (see link #4)
UPDATE: The official AAIB report was published on 8 December 2018, and the following is an excerpt from that report...
"Steen Skybolt, G-SKIE: Collided with trees after takeoff, Kenyon Hall Farm strip, Croft, near Warrington, Cheshire, 24 June 2018.
The pilot stated that he was taking off from Kenyon Hall Farm strip which is orientated north-east/south-west. The wind was from 340° at 2 knots, so he chose to take off in a north-easterly direction, which has some trees down its left edge.
He took off from a three-point attitude, which he considered normal for this aircraft, and soon after becoming airborne he saw the top of a tree ahead. Being too late to avoid it, the aircraft “sliced the top of the tree off and crashed into another tree”, before coming to rest on its left side in some lower branches. The pilot was uninjured but was trapped inside as he was unable to open the canopy. The local RFFS (Rescue & Fire Fighting Service) arrived about 50 mins later and released the pilot.
The pilot commented that he had commenced the takeoff roll about 15 degrees left of the strip’s track and flown towards the first tree. He believes this was caused by a failure to apply sufficient right rudder to counter the engine torque and not maintaining sight of the right edge of the runway, which borders a field of crops, in his peripheral vision."
Damage to airframe: Per the above AAIB report, G-SKIE had been "damaged beyond economical repair". Despite this, it has since been offered for sale on a "spares or repair basis, as is" (see link #8)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/16311124.small-plane-crashes-at-kenyon-lane-farm/?ref=rss
2. https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2018/06/24/pilot-trapped-as-light-aircraft-crashes-into-tree-at-croft-farm/
3. AAIB report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5beaa628ed915d6a1e839123/Steen_Skybolt_G-SKIE_12-18.pdf
4. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=196177
5. http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/light-aircraft-crash-near-warrington?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn
6. Photo of accident: http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/Assets/1/DgegVxsXcAAtkJI.jpg
7. http://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/16311778.Plane_crashes_at_Kenyon_Hall_Farm/
8. https://afors.com/aircraftView/44150
9. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/28982/barton-resident-skie-accident-24
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 2017 | G-SKIE | Trustee of the G-SKIE Group | 0 | 14th Fairway, Westhoughton Golf Course, Bolton, Lancashire | |
min |
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire UK.- 23rd December 2007
Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK - 12th April 2007
Media:
Officers from warrington police, taskforce unit, County fire and NWAS attended an airfield to the reports of a small light aircraft crash. The pilot was extracted from the air craft and taken to hospital to be checked over with suspected.minor injuries. pic.twitter.com/Un9oYTwDbk
— Cheshire Police (@cheshirepolice) June 24, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2018 22:06 | Geno | Added |
| 25-Jun-2018 08:17 | loadmaster | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 25-Jun-2018 13:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2018 14:49 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Cn, Source] |
| 26-Jun-2018 12:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 12:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2018 12:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 06-Dec-2018 23:50 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2018 23:53 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Dec-2018 23:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2018 21:00 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 30-Mar-2020 18:13 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 30-Mar-2020 18:13 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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