Date:	Sunday 28 May 2023
Time:	day
Type:	Cessna 175B Skylark
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-ARMN
MSN:	175-56994
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	near Brimpton (Wasing Lower Farm) Airfield Aldermaston, Berkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Brimpton Airfield (EGLP)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Cessna 175B Skylark (Modified) G-ARMN: Substantially damaged 28.5.2023 when force landed due to engine failure near Aldermaston, Berkshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only Report dated 14.12.2023, and the following is the summary from the report:

"Having successfully completed power checks, the aircraft took off" (from Brimpton (Wasing Lower Farm) Airfield Aldermaston, Berkshire) "and at approximately 250 ft there was a loud bang. The engine had lost power and the pilot made a forced landing in a muddy field. After a ground roll of about 30 metres, the nosewheel dug in and became detached. The engine was 21 years old and maintained on-condition having gone beyond the manufacturer’s 12 years' service life check. The failure was subsequently attributed to a failure of one of the cylinder head spark plug threads which caused the spark plug and heli-coil to be ejected from the engine, and on further inspection one of the remaining cylinders was found to have low compression".

According to the AirNav RadarBox website (see link #6) the last recorded complete flight of this aircraft was from Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury, Dorset to Brimpton (Wasing Lower Farm) Airfield, Aldermaston, Berkshire on 21.5.2023; G-ARMN has not apparently flown since.

1. AAIB Correspondence-only Report dated 14.12.2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2023
2. History of G-ARMN 1961-1969: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARMN-1.pdf
3. History of G-ARMN 1969-1984: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARMN-2.pdf
4. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-armn
5. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/g-armn
6. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-ARMN/928927
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimpton_Airfield

Cessna 175B Skylark G-ARMN was built in 1961, and at the time of the above incident, was with its 10th UK-registered owner "from new". It briefly has the US registration N8294T for test flying and delivery purposes

G-ARMN Cessna 175B departing Sywell, Northamptonshire, 30.5.15.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Dec-2023 19:44	Dr. John Smith	Added