ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155631
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| Date: | Saturday 27 April 2013 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: | Fokker E.III (replica) |
| Owner/operator: | Great War Display Team |
| Registration: | G-CHFS |
| MSN: | LAA 279-1480 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | Warner Aircraft Corp Scarab 145 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Middle Wallop Army Aviation Centre, Middle Wallop, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Middle Wallop, Hampshire (EGVP) |
| Middle Wallop Airfield, Hampshire (EGVP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The pilot was killed. The aircraft lost was a WW1 replica Fokker Eindekker (monoplane), which was participating in pre-season air display practice at Middle Wallop, Hampshire
A witness quotes '' it was performing quite steep turns and appeared to side-slip into the ground''
A Hampshire police spokesman said: "Officers were called at 4.55pm today after a civilian aircraft came down at the Army Aviation Centre. Police are currently working with the AAIB to establish the cause of the crash
Update 10/05/2013: "A pilot who died in a plane crash in Middle Wallop has been named. 68 year old John Day from Horsham was the only person onboard the flight which came down on the airfield at the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop. The case of his death has been before the coroner today who named him and said he suffered multiple injuries."
Aircraft now confirmed as G-CHFS by the CAA, who have changed the status of the registered owner to "deceased". A tribute to the pilot can be found by following the link below
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Pilots Obituary: http://www.greatwardisplayteam.com/john-day-1944-2013.html
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/replica-fokker-eiii-g-chfs-27-april-2013
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22324221
5. http://andover.thebreeze.com/news/news/local/pilot-in-middle-wallop-plane-crash-named/
6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22343051
7. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?123913-Historic-fatality-near-Middle-Wallop
8. http://www.heart.co.uk/thamesvalley/news/local/pilot-dies-crash-near-andover/
9. http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=503668
10. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/national/10384827.Pilot_dies_in_small_aircraft_crash/
Media:
AAIB are investigating an accident involving a light aircraft near Andover, Hampshire.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 27, 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2013 00:42 | CLEAR BEER | Added |
| 28-Apr-2013 06:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2013 09:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2013 09:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Apr-2013 09:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2013 09:42 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2013 02:20 | Andrew Martin | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 29-Apr-2013 22:24 | skylinepigeon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2013 21:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2013 09:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code] |
| 11-May-2013 09:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2014 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 02-Oct-2015 23:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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