ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156919
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| Date: | Sunday 5 August 1990 |
| Time: | 10:26 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Christopher Foyle Aviation (Leasing) Company |
| Registration: | G-BGZJ |
| MSN: | 38-79A0999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cambridge Airport, Teversham, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cambridge (Teversham) Airport (EGSC) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 05-08-1990 when collided with a runway control vehicle whilst taxying at Cambridge Airport, Teversham, Cambridgeshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The holding point for Runway 31 at Cambridge airport was marked by a day-glo marker. A chequered marked runway control vehicle was located on the downwind side of this marker. The aircraft was stopped on the grass alongside the runway control vehicle
When the pilot was advised by ATC to be ready for immediate departure on Runway 31, he attempted to pass between the marker and the runway control vehicle, and, whilst he observed other aircraft on the approach, the left wingtip of G-BGZJ hit the runway control vehicle. The aircraft then swung to the left, and hit the runway control vehicle again before stopping."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to right mainplane". The damage was presumably enough to render the aircraft as "beyond economical repair, as the registration G-BGZJ was cancelled by the CAA on 25-02-1997, some seven years later. The wingless fuselage was reported on 22-09-2010 dumped out on the airfield at Thruxton, Hampshire (see links #4 and #5)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f6a640f0b61342000599/Piper_PA-38-112__G-BGZJ_12-90.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BGZJ
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/78213075@N04/7892887672
4. http://swag-trip-logs.blogspot.com/2010/09/220910-boscombe-down-middle-wallop.html
5. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000779278.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2013 09:08 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 22-Jun-2013 09:19 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2016 13:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2016 13:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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