ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234426
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1982 |
| Time: | 15:45 |
| Type: |  Slingsby T.67A Firefly |
| Owner/operator: | Slingsby Engineering Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BJXB |
| MSN: | 1995 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hamble Airfield, Hamble-le-Rice, near Eastleigh, Hampshire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Hamble Airfield, Hampshire (EGHM) |
| Hamble Airfield, Hampshire (EGHM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Slingsby T.67A Firefly G-BJXB substantially damaged at Hamble Airfield, Hamble-le-Rice, near Eastleigh, Hampshire, on 21 December 1982: The student was engaged in his first solo flight, using the grass runway 32 at Hamble. After touching down on all three wheels, the aircraft made a short landing run, in which the nose wheel and compression strut broke away, allowing the aircraft to come to rest on its nose.
Damage sustained to airframe:
Nose wheel and compression strut torn away, propeller shattered, engine shock loaded, minor damage to underside of port mainplane
Aircraft repaired and returned to service: still registered (from 3 July 2012) with its seventh owner from new.
Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f24a40f0b61346000429/Slingsby_T67A_G-BJXB_01-83.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BJXB.pdf
3. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BJXB/936024
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamble-le-Rice#Aerospace
Images:
Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK - 29th September 2007
Media:
Slingsby T.67A G-BJXB on 1 May 2006 at Keevil, Wiltshire
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2020 06:50 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 15-Jun-2022 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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