ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59682
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| Date: | Sunday 26 April 2009 |
| Time: | 15:43 LT |
| Type: |  BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk 80 |
| Owner/operator: | The Hunter Flying Club |
| Registration: | G-UPPI |
| MSN: | EEP/JP/159 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce viper 535 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Foxdon Farm, Witheridge, near Tiverton, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Exeter Airport, Devon (EXT/EGTE) |
| Exeter Airport, Devon (EXT/EGTE) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An instructor was carrying out a training flight with his student. This was the second flight of the day and as part of the sortie the aircraft was rolled inverted for approximately five seconds, which was within the permitted negative g time limitation. Shortly after the aircraft had been rolled back to the normal wings level attitude, the engine flamed out and, despite two attempts, it failed to relight. A forced landing was carried out into a field, during which the aircraft struck a substantial earth bank at the upwind end, sustaining severe damage. The instructor suffered a serious back injury and the student received a minor injury. There was no fire.
Conclusion:
The cause of the engine run-down was not established but the loss of electrical power from the two main batteries and absence of an emergency battery meant that the engine could not be restarted. The aircraft was designed to be operated with an emergency battery and had it been installed, it would have allowed the pilot the opportunity to attempt a relight of the engine.
The CAA subsequently investigated the UK fleet of Strikemaster aircraft and concluded that all the remaining aircraft of this type currently on the UK register had an emergency or third battery fitted, in accordance with the approved configuration.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-UPPI was cancelled by the CAA on 14.9.2012 as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ff4aed915d1371000a0d/BAC_167_Strikemaster_Mk_80__G-UPPI_02-10.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://www.devonlive.com/tiverton-pilot-tells-crash-landing/story-11799566-detail/story.html
4. https://www.devonlive.com/news/Pilots-escape-jet-crash-lands/article-938102-detail/article.html_
5. https://www.devonlive.com/pilots-escape-jet-crash-lands/story-11807644-detail/story.html
6. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000473443.html
7. http://www.bacstrikemaster.co.uk/strikeys/1108.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2009 01:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 27-Apr-2009 03:25 | slowkid | Updated |
| 27-Apr-2009 03:34 | slowkid | Updated |
| 27-Apr-2009 09:45 | angels one five | Updated |
| 11-Feb-2010 00:31 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2011 01:58 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2011 04:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2014 18:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2016 15:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 04-Nov-2016 22:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Sep-2017 22:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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