ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227450
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| Date: | Sunday 21 July 2019 |
| Time: | 15:25 |
| Type: |  Bushby Midget Mustang M-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AWIR |
| MSN: | PFA 1315 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Spanhoe Airfield, Laxton, near Corby, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leicester Airport (EGBG) |
| Peterborough/Sibson Airport (EGSP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot overflew the airfield to assess conditions before deciding whether to land. During the pull-up and bank that followed, the aircraft departed controlled flight and descended in to a nearby wood. The pilot was seriously injured, and the aircraft was destroyed.
AAIB: Conclusion
It seems most likely that the final manoeuvre increased the aircraft’s stall speed to, or beyond the aircraft’s airspeed which caused it to stall and the pilot to lose control of the aircraft with limited height available to recover before the aircraft struck the trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5dcd4ba240f0b608c7064d3d/Midget_Mustang_G-AWIR_12-19.pdf
2. https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/crime/downed-plane-images-show-lucky-escape-of-pilot-near-corby-1-9006222
3. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-49064873
4. https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/people/pilot-suffers-leg-injuries-but-survives-light-aircraft-crash-near-corby-1-9006175
5. identified from the photo in the Northampton Telegraph: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/crime/downed-plane-images-show-lucky-escape-of-pilot-near-corby-1-9006222
6. https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-07-21/pilot-airlifted-to-hospital-following-northamptonshire-light-aircraft-crash/
7. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9093751 (photo)
8. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pilots-miracle-escape-after-plane-16624698
9. https://www.northants.police.uk/news/northants/news/news/2019/july-19/man-injured-in-corby-light-aircraft-crash/
10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-50780832
Images:
At Old Warden in Oct 2018
Media:
Wreckage of G-AWIR on 21 July 2019 (bottom right picture)
AAIB December bulletin publishedhttps://t.co/CwFXUSvnWA pic.twitter.com/ACpTRFdV6R
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) 13 December 2019
A pilot has been taken to hospital after a light aircraft crashed near #Corby. The single-seater plane came down in woodland close to Spanhoe airfield, near Laxton, at around 3.25pm today, Sunday, July 21. Read more: https://t.co/bUnnHiS3pQ
— Northants Police (@NorthantsPolice) July 21, 2019
Incident 21/07/2019 15:32 Assisting @NorthantsPolice with light aircraft crash #Spanhoe
— NorthantsFire (@northantsfire) July 21, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2019 18:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Jul-2019 18:53 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Phase, Source] |
| 22-Jul-2019 07:49 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Jul-2019 14:40 | ANON | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 22-Jul-2019 14:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Jul-2019 15:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 24-Jul-2019 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 22:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2019 12:14 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 13-Dec-2019 20:27 | harro | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 14-Dec-2019 00:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 15-Dec-2019 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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