ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346574
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| Date: | Monday 7 August 2023 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Vans RV-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-KELS |
| MSN: | PFA 323-13801 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tonbridge, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tonbridge, Kent |
Vans RV-7 G-KELS: Substantially damaged 7-8-2023 in a take-off accident at Tonbridge, Kent. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023, and the following is the summary from the report:
"The pilot lost control during a takeoff on a grass runway, the nose tipped forward onto the ground, and the aircraft skidded off the runway and came to halt in a ditch".
Tonbridge is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, 4 miles north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling,
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023
2. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-KELS
3. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-kels
4. https://planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-KELS/1070437
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge#Transport
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Media:
Vans RV-7 ‘G-KELS’ c/no PFA/323-13801. Built 2003. Seen visiting Duxford airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK 22-8-2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2023 07:17 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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