ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137762
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| Date: | Friday 29 July 2011 |
| Time: | 11:23 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Ravenair Aircraft Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-RVRF |
| MSN: | 38-78A0714 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newlands Avenue Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester M30 7GJ -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | City Airport Manchester (Barton) (EGCB) |
| Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft suffered an engine stoppage on takeoff at approximately 200 ft, stalled, rolled more than 60° to the left, crashed into houses and caught fire. Both occupants survived the impact and fire but the pilot succumbed to his injuries later in hospital. The most likely cause of the engine stoppage was stiffness of the fuel selector valve causing it to be in an intermediate position, reducing fuel flow to a level too low to sustain continuous engine operation.
Registration G-RVRF cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 15/12/2011
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ecb840f0b61346000123/Piper_PA-38-112_Tomahawk_G-RVRF_04-12.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/salford-plane-crash-survivor-scarred-3860614
4. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/neighbours-risk-lives-to-save-pilot-1221115
5. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/458919-manchester-crash-reported-bbc.html
6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14347752
7. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2012/07/video-plane-crash-survivor-ready-to-fly.html
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14357758
9. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2013/11/pilot-had-just-three-seconds-to-prevent.html
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 13th March 2008
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2011 10:15 | sharla | Added |
| 29-Jul-2011 11:03 | dll | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 29-Jul-2011 13:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport] |
| 30-Jul-2011 04:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Jul-2011 04:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2011 03:23 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2011 13:23 | MarkStep | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Aug-2011 13:25 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2012 13:23 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2012 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 04:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 04:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Dec-2016 21:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Dec-2016 21:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jun-2020 11:23 | Peter Clake | Updated [Photo] |
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