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Date: | Tuesday 26 July 2011 |
Time: | 15:12 |
Type: | Cessna F172N Skyhawk |
Owner/operator: | GMI Aviation Ltd |
Registration: | G-BHMI |
MSN: | 2036 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Caernarfon Airport, Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Woodvale Airport (EGOW) |
Destination airport: | Caernarfon Airport (EGCK) |
Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/7/2011 when crashed at Caernarfon Airport, Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot had flown from Woodvale to Caernarfon, where the runway in use was Runway 26. The flight had been normal but the pilot reports that on his first approach at Caernarfon the touchdown was heavy and the aircraft bounced, so he performed a go-around. The second landing was much more satisfactory but the nose leg collapsed, probably from damage incurred in the first touchdown. The pilot considers that a contributory factor in the heavy first touchdown may have been a reversal of wind direction during the final approach".
Damage sustained to airframe: Damage to nose wheel and propeller. Despite the apparently minor damage sustained, the airframe was deemed to be "beyond economic repair", and the registration G-BHMI was cancelled by the CAA on 22/12/2011 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Report number: | EW/G2011/07/30 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. AAIB:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fc52ed915d13710008ab/Reims_Cessna_F172N_Skyhawk__G-BHMI_12-11.pdf 2. CAA:
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/ 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f172show.asp?start=2001&count=50]
4.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000231207.html Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 23rd. December 2007
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Aug-2015 23:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
11-Dec-2016 21:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
19-Jun-2020 11:52 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Photo] |