ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70279
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| Date: | Sunday 18 September 1988 |
| Time: | 11:26 |
| Type: |  Jodel D.120 A Paris-Nice |
| Owner/operator: | Bodo Kaldenberg |
| Registration: | G-BKDY |
| MSN: | 260 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wellcross Grange Strip near Slinfold, 3 miles SE of Horsham, West Suss -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham Airport, Shoreham, West Sussex (EGKA) |
| Wellcross Grange Strip near Slinfold, West Sussex | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the morning of 18 September 1988 Jodel D.120 G-BKDY was one of a quintet of light aircraft that flew from Shoreham to the air strip at Wellcross Grange, near Slinfold, for a PFA (Popular Flying Association) fly-in that day. The pilot of the Jodel was its owner, Bodo Kaldenberg, and his passenger was Derek Alldi.
Three of the Shoreham aircraft arrived over the Wellcross Grange strip at broadly the same time and joined the right hand circuit. A Piper Cub landed and the pilot of a Currie Wot noted that the Jodel had reduced speed apparently to maintain its distance behind it.
At about 550 feet, the Jodel turned to starboard, off the downwind leg of the circuit, and its banked turn developed into a roll, its nose dropped, it spun to starboard and crashed it crashed into a small wood. It probably was in a nose down attitude with little forward speed. The two men on board the Jodel were killed on impact and the Jodel was destroyed.
Its registration was cancelled by the CAA on 25 October 1988. Subsequent investigation by the AAIB could find no evidence of pre-accident defects to or failures of the engine, airframe or controls, all of which were well maintained. Its report suggests that the engine may have suffered carburettor icing on the approach to land. If so this may have deprived it, at a critical point of its flight, of the required level of engine power to keep flying and make a controlled landing on the air strip.
G-BKDY was built in August 1964, and was first registered in France as F-BMIJ. Re-registered on 21 June 1982 as G-BKDY.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ee17e5274a13140001d1/Societe_Wassner_Aviation_Jodel_D120A__G-BKDY_01-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BKDY.pdf
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?119445-Remember-remember-24-years-ago-today
4. http://historique-wassmer.pagesperso-orange.fr/rev_1_en_cours/registre_jodel_wassmer_d120.pdf
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17632.0. I
6. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BKDY.html
7. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWJ120.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2009 23:20 | andrewaircraft | Added |
| 21-Nov-2012 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 19:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2020 14:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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