ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22577
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| Date: | Friday 22 August 2008 |
| Time: | 17:25 LT |
| Type: |  Maule M-5-235C Lunar Rocket |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RAIN |
| MSN: | 7262C |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-J1A5D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Perrow Farm, Crickham, near Wedmore, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Perrow Farm, Crickham, near Wedmore, Somerset | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Whilst approaching to land at Perrow Farm, the aircraft struck the bank of the airstrip boundary ditch and pitched nose-down. It came to rest inverted, approximately 50 metres further on. There was no fire. The pilot, who was uninjured, vacated the aircraft through the cabin door but the passenger, who suffered serious injuries, had to be assisted from the aircraft. The pilot advised that he was deliberately low and slow on approach which, together with a gust of tailwind, resulted in an uncontrollable sink into the obstacle.
Contemporary press reports named the two persons on board as Nigel Humpries, aged 57, the pilot and registered owner of G-RAIN. Mr Humphries was able to pull himself from the wreckage, having suffered only a cut hand.
He then managed to call the emergency services himself, and fire crews cut the female passenger - the aunt of Mr Humphries' wife Cressida - from the upside down craft. She was named as Isobel Paterson, aged 87, who was transported to hospital by air ambulance. She received treatment for a broken elbow, but also escaped serious injury.
Not repaired; registration G-RAIN cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 13.10.2008
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fc9be5274a1314000867/Maule_M5-235C_Lunar_Rocket__G-RAIN_11-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/7577907.stm
4. http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/amazing-escape-from-plane-crash-1-323513
5. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Plane-crash-drama/story-11296045-detail/story.html
6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/tibenham/6238349524
7. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/40094
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2008 23:17 | RobertMB | Added |
| 25-Aug-2008 05:16 | JINX | Updated |
| 13-Nov-2008 01:17 | harro | Updated |
| 01-Jan-2013 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2013 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2013 13:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2013 23:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2014 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2016 18:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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