ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31470
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 June 1983 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee C |
| Owner/operator: | Wellcross Aviation |
| Registration: | G-BEAE |
| MSN: | 25-4920 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Halland, Wealden District, East Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Halland, Wealden District, East Sussex |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee: Built 1969, Ex-N8505L, PH-CLM, first UK registered 16.6.76. Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when substantially damaged 20.6.83: crashed at Halland, Wealden District, East Sussex, during agricultural (crop spraying) operations. Aircraft bounced on uneven ground and ground-looped whilst taking off an maximum all-up-weight from a narrow airstrip between wheat fields.
The fuselage was bent at right angles immediately behind the pilots seat, and the port outer wing was also damaged. This appear to have been serious enough for G-BEAE to be withdrawn from use, although G-BEAE was not de-registered by the CAA until 2.2.87 - almost four years later. As for the pilot, he walked away uninjured.
However, according to one source (see link #7) G-BEAE was sold on to a Swedish owner (Labro Komponent A/B, Eskilstuna) on 12.8.1992, who reserved the Swedish Registration SE-KUX to a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee with the same c/no. (25-4920). Registration SE-KUX not taken up, but the airframe became SE-KLX instead
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Piper%20Pawnee%20PA-25%20G-BEAE%2009-83.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BEAE.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1001389/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Hoathly_with_Halland#Halland
5. G-BEAE in 1975 when it was PH-CLM: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1040056/
6. Swedish Registry as SE-KUX: https://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=17089
7. Netherlands Registry as PH-CLM 1969-76: https://www.hdekker.info/registermap/MC.htm
8. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
9. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17556.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Jun-2014 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Nov-2020 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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