ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175690
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 October 2010 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Auster J/1N Alpha |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AOFJ |
| MSN: | 3401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Withybush Airfield, 2nm N of Haverfordwest, Dyfed -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oaksey Park Airfield, Oaksey Malmesbury Wiltshire |
| Withybush Airfield, Haverfordwest (HAW/EGFE) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-10-2010 when bounced on landing at Withybush Airfield, Haverfordwest, Dyfed: A bounced landing led to the collapse of the right landing gear with subsequent damage to the propeller. The pilot - the sole person on board - was not injured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft departed Oaksey Park airfield at 11:20 hours on a private flight to Haverfordwest. The pilot reported that she received consistent weather information en route and during final approach: the wind was from 300 degrees at 10 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
The aircraft was on approach to Haverfordwest, Runway 27. The pilot had selected full flaps for landing and made corrections for approach consistent with a 5 to 10 knots crosswind. She reported that initial touchdown was “a perfectly light 3-point landing”, close to the runway centre line.
On landing the pilot kept the engine at idle and stick back. She reported that rolling speed was “apparently low”, yet after rolling for 10 to 20 metres, the aircraft left the ground again. The second touchdown was a slight bounce, following which the pilot reported that a gust took the aircraft off to the left of the runway. When the gust subsided the aircraft landed on the grass just to the left of the asphalt.
On this third contact with the ground, the right landing gear failed, with damage to the propeller resulting. The pilot, who was wearing a four-point harness, was uninjured."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Right landing gear collapsed, propeller broken". The damage sustained must have presumably been enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-AOFJ was cancelled by the CAA on 29-03-2012
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230484ed915d1371000cb3/Auster_5_Alpha__G-AOFJ_03-11.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://austerhg.org/gallery3/Auster-1243594292/Model_J/G-AOFJ-Mk5-Alpha-03
4. http://www.egfemovements.co.uk/2010/10/page/4/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2015 09:57 | TB | Added |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:33 | TB | Updated [Damage] |
| 24-Nov-2016 19:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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