ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45254
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| Date: | Saturday 29 March 2003 |
| Time: | 12:33 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna 421C |
| Owner/operator: | Perelle Aviation Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-SAIR |
| MSN: | 421C0471 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Continental Motors GTSIO- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Humberside Airport, Kirmington, North Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Guernsey Airport, Guernsey, Channel Islands (EGJB) |
| Humberside Airport (HUY/EGNJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 29-03-2003 when caught fire in a crash at Humberside Airport, Kirmington, North Lincolnshire. Of the three crew on board the aircraft one was killed, one sustained serious injuries, and one sustained minor injuries. Although the fatality was not named in contemporary press reports, he was described as a "45-year-old Saudi Arabian National [who] suffered extensive burns in the crash...and was taken to nearby Scunthorpe General Hospital where he died". The instructor, who is 62 and from north Lincolnshire, suffered a shoulder injury. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"About 50 minutes into the flight, the aircraft returned to Humberside circuit and was cleared by ATC for a touch-and-go landing on Runway 21. The landing was firm but otherwise uneventful and witnesses heard the power being applied as it accelerated for takeoff. Just before rotation two large "puffs of smoke" were seen to come from the vicinity of the main wheels as both propellers struck the runway.
The aircraft then lifted off and almost immediately began to yaw and roll to the left. The left bank reached an estimated maximum of 90 degree but reduced just before the left wing tip struck the ground. The aircraft then cartwheeled across the grass to the south of the runway and burst into flames.
The owner in the left pilot's seat and the pilot in the right pilot's seat escaped from the wreckage, but the flight examiner, who was occupying a seat in the passenger cabin, was unable to vacate the aircraft and subsequently died of injuries sustained in the post impact fire. An engineering investigation found no fault with the aircraft that might have caused the accident.
The investigation concluded that the most probable cause was an inadvertent retraction of the landing gear whilst the aircraft was still on the ground."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-SAIR was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed",on 13-10-2003
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f356ed915d137100045f/dft_avsafety_pdf_028129.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=SAIR
3. NTSB Identification: NYC03WA074 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?_ev_id=20030415X00507&ntsbno=NYC03WA074&akey=1
4. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/85685-light-aircraft-crashes-humberside.html
5. http://www.baaa-acro.com/2003/archives/crash-of-a-cessna-421-golden-eagle-in-humberside-1-killed/
6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/54683826@N04/8686475392
7. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/examiner-dies-as-plane-crashes-at-airport-1-2472705
8. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?11353-Airport-reopens-after-crash
9. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-174265/Examiner-dies-aircraft-crash.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2012 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2012 15:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2014 01:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2016 22:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2016 22:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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