ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17900
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| Date: | Friday 9 June 1972 |
| Time: | 15:20 UTC |
| Type: |  AESL Airtourer T6/24 |
| Owner/operator: | Westward Airways (Lands End) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYMF |
| MSN: | B557 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Lands End (St Just) Aerodrome, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Lands End (St Just) Aerodrome, Cornwall (EGHC) |
| Lands End (St Just) Aerodrome, Cornwall (EGHC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on approach to Lands End (St. Just) Aerodrome, Cornwall 9/6/1972. The pilot was severely injured, and the passenger was killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was on a private flight, and had returned to St Just aerodrome after some ninety minutes flying. It was climbing away from the airfield after a missed approach when the engine stopped. A forced landing was initiated and an approach to a suitable field was satisfactorily carried out but just before the point of intended touchdown the port wing struck the ground and the aircraft crashed. The commander (Mr. K. Waterfield, aged 28) was severely injured and the passenger (Mr. D. E. Ushaw, aged 32) was killed. It is concluded that the accident resulted from an unsuccessful attempt at a forced landing following engine stoppage due to fuel exhaustion".
The AAIB report also notes that the there was a fault on the fuel indicator gauge in the cockpit, which applied to ALL ASEL Airtourer T6/24s. As an interim 'fix", it issued a safety notice that the fuel gauge on the cockpit be covered with a sticker reading FUEL GUAGE INACCURATE USE DIP STICK.
Registration G-AYMF cancelled by the CAA 9/6/1972 as aircraft "destroyed", presumably retrospectively, as CAA records note that they were not notified until 31/8/1972. Wreckage still to be found, dumped behind one of the hangars at St Just on 20/9/1994 (22 years later!)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f265e5274a13140003d5/15-1974_G-AYMF.pdf
2. CAA Registration: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AYMF.pdf
3. G-AYMF at St. Just (LEQ/EGHC) on 19/8/1972: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1535616
4. G-AYMF at St. Just (LEQ/EGHC) on 20/9/1994: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1272615
5. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=G-AYMF&fields=reg
6. http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1974/1974%20-%201520.PDF
7. Wreck at St. Just 20/9/1994: https://flickr.com/photos/wickenden1967/8458159483/
8. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWAirtourer.htm
9. https://airtourer.asn.au/airtourer/index.php/lists-by-serial-no-or-rego/65-list-by-registration.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Aug-2012 15:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2013 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2015 00:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 02-Aug-2015 00:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2015 00:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2020 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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