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Date: | Sunday 22 January 2023 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Taylor JT.2 Tich |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | G-BFID |
MSN: | PFA 060-10311 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Sibson Aerodrome, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Peterborough/Sibson Airport (EGSP) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Taylor JT.2 Titch G-BFID: Substantially damaged 22.1.2023 in a take off accident at Sibson Aerodrome, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only investigation, published on 13.4.2023 and the following is the summary from the investigation:
"The pilot lost directional control during take off, the aircraft veering off the runway leading to damage to the landing gear and a propeller strike".
Taylor Titch G-BFID was built in 1977 and was first UK registered on 13.12.1977. Since then, it had passed through the hands of thirteen owners (1977-2023). Two of the registered owners took on G-BFID after the above accident (on 22.2.2023 and 24.4.2023 respectively). In addition to the above incident, G-BFID has also crashed on one other occasion - on 31.5.1999 (see separate entry and link #4)
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence-only investigation, published on 13.4.2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-january-february-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-january-february-2023 2.
https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BFID.pdf 3.
https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-BFID 4. Previous crash 31.5.1999:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ffdeed915d1374000a0d/dft_avsafety_pdf_500442.pdf 5. G-BFID on 28.8.1994:
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/374782/G-BFID 6.
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001297391.html 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough/Sibson_Airfield Location
Media:
Taylor JT.2 Titch G-BFID at Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport, Bobbington, Staffordshire 27 July 2017
Taylor JT.2 Titch G-BFID at Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green) Airport, Bobbington, Staffordshire 17 June 2018
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Oct-2023 13:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |