ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244975
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| Date: | Friday 10 September 1982 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah |
| Owner/operator: | W.H.Wilkins Ltd |
| Registration: | G-LADY |
| MSN: | AA5A-0743 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sandown Airport, Sandown, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Baginton, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| Sandown Airport, Sandown, Isle of Wight (EGHN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Grumman AA-5A Cheetah G-LADY: First UK registered (C of R G-BHWJ/DC31) on 25 June 1980 to Cabair Ltd., Elstree, Hertfordshire. Sold (C of R G-BHWJ/R1) on 3 July 1980 to W. H. Wilkins Ltd., Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. On 26 January 1982, the owners decided to re-register G-BHWK as G-LADY (C of R G-LADY/R1), and the former registration was cancelled
Very little currently known about the demise of G-LADY. It is presumed (but not 100% confirmed) that G-LADY was written off (damaged beyond repair) on 10 September 1982 in a landing accident at Sandown Airport, Sandown, Isle of Wight - reportedly a "heavy landing" (see link #3).
The damage must have been enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair" as the registration G-LADY was cancelled by the CAA on 30 December 1982 (just over three months later) as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use"). No reports of any injuries or fatalities to the person(s) on board
Sources:
1. CAA (as G-BHWJ): https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BHWJ.pdf
2. CAA (as G-LADY): https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-LADY.pdf
3. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
4. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17880.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2020 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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