ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67878
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 2009 |
| Time: | 16:50 |
| Type: |  Flight Design CTSW |
| Owner/operator: | Aardbus Ltd |
| Registration: | G-VINH |
| MSN: | 8190 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | rotax 912ULs |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caird Park Golf Course, Mains Loan, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness (EGML) |
| Dundee Airport (EGPN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot made a forced landing in a tree after the engine stopped near Dundee. The aircraft crashed into an oak tree and got stuck between two branches at a height of approx. 14 meters. The pilot, who sustained minor injuries, was rescued by fire fighters, and was taken to Ninewells Hospital for a medical assessment
Speaking from his hospital bed after the incident, Mr Hagedorn said he had recalled one of Captain WE Johns' adventures about James Bigglesworth, when he realised he was about to crash. "There's a story where Biggles has his engine shot up over enemy lines," he said. "He tries to get back to the airfield and doesn't quite make it and ends up with no height over a wood. "What he does is he flies into the wood, and, as he flies into the wood, he pulls the stick back to pancake onto trees - and I just did that. I just stalled into the tree."
The subsequent AAIB investigation identified flight planning as a contributory factor to the accident, and attributed the cause of the crash to the aircraft running out of fuel near the end of its planned flight.
Registration G-VINH cancelled by the CAA on 23/3/2010 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230174ed915d1371000b39/P_M_Aviation_Ltd_Flight_Design_CTSW__G-VINH_08-10.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=VINH
3. https://www.scotsman.com/news/biggles-saved-my-life-says-tree-crash-pilot-1-764660
4. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/08/12/pilot-hurt-as-plane-crashes-into-dundee-gold-course-86908-21592372/_
5. https://stv.tv/news/tayside/115565-pilot-freed-from-tayside-plane-crash/
6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-10943650
7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6017753/Plane-gets-stuck-in-tree-on-golf-course.html
8. http://web.archive.org/web/20160809171743/http://forums.bmaa.org:80/default.aspx?f=15
9. http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2009/08/plane-lodged-in-golf-course-tree.html
10. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206220/Pilot-owes-life-Biggles-crashing-plane-tree--walking-away.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2009 18:32 | slowkid | Added |
| 12-Aug-2009 21:27 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Aug-2009 23:17 | Kernow657 | Updated |
| 14-Aug-2009 07:57 | Anon. | Updated |
| 15-Oct-2012 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2014 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
| 09-Nov-2016 22:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2016 22:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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