ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244705
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| Date: | Friday 25 September 1992 |
| Time: | 17:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | William Mark Holdings Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BSWE |
| MSN: | 18-8899 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Farthing Corner Airfield, near Rainham, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Farthing Corner Airfield, near Rainham, Kent | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Approaching Farthing Corner airfield, south of Rainham, on 25 September 1992, the pilot of Super Cub G-BSWE noted that the windsock, on the airfield, was hanging limp and thus decided to land on runway 06. On short finals to land, the Super Cub lost height rapidly and crashed into a rising gradient some distance back from the runway threshold and some forty feet below that. The reason for this, latterly ascertained by the pilot, appears to have been that the wind direction at the threshold of runway 06 was diametrically opposed to that being indicated by the windsock - thus the pilot was landing downwind. The pilot and his passenger suffered only slight injury but the Super Cub was badly damaged.
In its report, the AAIB described the Super Cub as damaged beyond economical repair and its registration was cancelled on 18 January 1993 as permanently withdrawn from use.
However evidently the AAIB assessment of the damage to the Super Cub was inaccurate and/or premature (the Cub is a sturdy beast). Its registration was re-issued on 22 August 1994 as G-HAHA. It went on to become G-WLAC, from 2 June 1998 which registration is current today.
Sources:
1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423020740f0b61346000bd3/Piper_PA-18-150_Super_Cub__G-BSWE_12-92.pdf
2. As G-BSWE: https://www.na3t.org/air?search=G-BSWE
3. As G-HAHA: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-HAHA.html
4. As G-WLAC: https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000880665.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 September 2014 | G-WLAC | White Waltham Airfield Ltd | 0 | White Waltham Airfield, near Maidenhead, Berkshire | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2020 16:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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