ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179142
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| Date: | Sunday 31 July 2011 |
| Time: | 14:45 |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier MS.893E Rallye Commodore 180GT |
| Owner/operator: | Chiltern Flyers Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BFGS |
| MSN: | 12571 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Holmbeck Farm Airfield, Burcott, Near Wing, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Turweston (EGBT) |
| Holmbeck Farm Airfield, Buckinghamshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31/7/2011 when bounced on landing at Holmbeck Farm Airfield, Burcott, Near Wing, Buckinghamshire. According to the follwing extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot had established the aircraft on approach to Runway 29 at 60 knots with full flap - the wind was from 220 degrees at 10 knots. The runway was a 500 metre unlicensed grass strip with an up slope at the Runway 29 end. The pilot was aiming to touch down at the location where the runway became level, but he touched down just before it and the aircraft bounced.
The aircraft bounced a second time with a nose high attitude, then the nose dropped and the aircraft touched down nose wheel first causing the nose landing gear leg to fail. After the aircraft came to rest on its nose the pilot was able to exit the aircraft unassisted. The pilot assessed that the aircraft probably stalled during the second bounce".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Nose landing gear leg collapsed and damage to propeller, engine mount, silencer and cowling". As a result, G-BFGS was deemed to have been "damaged beyond economic repair" and the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 24/1/2012 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
On 1/8/2015, the remains of G-BFGS were reported as being in use as a target at "Battlezone Paintball" at Haggitt Hill Lane, Picton, near Yarm, North Yorkshire, painted dark military grey on the "airfield" part of the site (along with Westland Whirlwind XN385)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422eed9ed915d1374000243/Morane_Saulnier_MS.893E_Rallye_180GT_G-BFGS_02-12.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
Media:
Socata MS-893E Rallye 180GT G-BFGS at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire in 2003:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2015 22:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Aug-2015 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2016 22:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 14:04 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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