Date:	Thursday 10 November 2016
Time:	08:00 LT
Type:	Britten-Norman BN2A Mk III-2 Trislander
Owner/operator:	Aurigny Air Services
Registration:	G-RLON
MSN:	1008
Year of manufacture:	1975
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Alderney Airport, St.Anne's, Alderney, Channel Islands -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Alderney-The Blaye Airport, Channel Islands (ACI/EGJA)
Destination airport:	Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI/EGJB)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
AAIB investigation to Britten-Norman BN2A Mk III-2 Trislander, G-RLON: Damage to runway edge light, Alderney Airport, Channel Islands, 10 November 2016. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Investigation, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"While vacating Runway 26 at Alderney Airport following a rejected takeoff, G-RLON trampled on a runway edge light. The pilot reported that he was made aware of the damage to the light but, because he could see no corresponding damage to his aircraft, particularly to the tyres, he decided to continue with the flight. After the aircraft took off, the Airport Fire Service found a “gouge” on the grass which, it was thought, might have been caused by a flat tyre. ATC relayed this information to the pilot who decided to fly past the ATC tower at Guernsey Airport for a visual inspection. No damage was seen during this inspection and the pilot landed without further incident. The pilot reported that, following the flight, engineers inspected the aircraft and found nothing which they considered to have been caused by the incident before departure".

=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the above AAIB Report "None". The aircraft continued in service until December 2019.

1. AAIB Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/58c11dc340f0b67ec8000157/BN2A_Mk_III-2_Trislander_G-RLON_03-17.pdf
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BCXW.pdf
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BCXW.html
4. As VR-CAA: https://www.airliners.net/photo/Cayman-Airways/Britten-Norman-BN-2A-Mk3-2-Trislander/2362035/L
5. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-RLON/676803
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_Airport#

This Britten-Norman BN2A Mk III-2 Trislander was built in 1975, and was first registered to the manufacturers (Britten-Norman at Bembridge, Isle of Wight) on 28 February 1975 as G-BCXW. The UK registration G-BCXW was cancelled on 7 January 1976, upon export to Fiji, where it was re-registered as DQ-FCF. The airframe was later re-registered as VR-CAA

The aircraft returned to the UK register as G-OCTA on 14 July 1987 with Octavia Air. After a further two owners as G-OCTA, the airframe was re-registered as G-ITEX on 21 June 2000.

Arrived Southend 25 February 2002 for repaint in Royal London Asset Management colours and on 26 April 2002, the airframe was re-registered as G-RLON (Royal London Asset Management). G-RLON was painted in a pink livery, and was sponsored by Royal London Asset Management (hence the appropriate registration). Returned to service 1 May 2002. This livery was worn between 2001 and 2009, before it was repainted to the white and yellow Aurigny colours, retaining the registration G-RLON. On 29 January 2014, G-RLON marked its 100,000th landing since 1975.

G-RLON sustained no damage in the above incident, and continued in service until 9 December 2019 when the registration was cancelled (and the airframe was de-registered) as \"Permanently Withdrawn from Use\". (Aurigny having replaced their Trislanders with larger ATR-72 aircraft). G-RLON was to be seen parked outside at Daedalus Airfield (Solent Airport), Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire on 17 February 2023, engineless and awaiting disposal

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

23 August 2008	G-RLON	Aurigny Air Services	0	Jersey Airport		min
2 September 2009	G-RLON	Aurigny Air Services	0	Alderney-The Blaye Airport, Alderney, Channel Islands		min

Britten Norman BN2A Trislander G-RLON Aurigny Air Services at Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI/EGJB) on 7 October 2010 Britten Norman BN2A Trislander G-RLON at Daedalus Airfield (Solent Airport), Lee on Solent (EGHF), Hampshire on 17 February 2023 Britten Norman BN2A Trislander G-RLON in maroon/white Royal London colours 27 May 2004

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Apr-2024 13:48	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-Apr-2024 13:48	ASN	Updated [Accident report]