ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184559
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| Date: | Monday 23 July 1990 |
| Time: | 13:57 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BNMD |
| MSN: | 152-83786 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Churchdown, near Staverton, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Staverton/Gloucester Airport (GLO/EGBJ) |
| Staverton/Gloucester Airport (GLO/EGBJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23-07-1990 when crashed due to engine failure at Churchdown, near Staverton, Gloucestershire. No injuries were sustained to the assessor/inspector; the pilot (himself an instructor) sustained a minor injury (bruising to back/ribcage, believed to be caused by being kicked in the back during the rapid evacuation of the cockpit through the right door, as the left hatch would not open properly after the aircraft flipped). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was flying a standard circuit to Runway 04 at Staverton, with a surface wind of 030 degrees at 10 knots. On the base leg approach, the carburettor heat was selected to HOT, power was reduced to 1,500 rpm, and flaps were set to 20 degrees. When lined up with the runway at 65 knots, full flap was selected. Shortly after this, the pilot judged that he was high in the approach and therefore he closed the throttle, but the engine failed to respond.
Flap was reduced by 10 degrees, and a playing field to the right of track was selected for a forced landing. The throttle was advanced several times, but each time, the engine failed to respond. Approaching the intended landing area, the aircraft contacted the top of some trees, and the aircraft landed in an allotment short of the intended playing field. After a short ground roll, the aircraft nosed over onto its back
Both pilots' harnesses held on impact, but the instructor in the right hand seat sustained some minor injuries. There was no fire, and both occupants evacuated from the aircraft without undue difficulty."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft damaged beyond economic repair". It is known that the Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A) expired 28-07-2001. However, the registration G-BNMD has never been cancelled, and the aircraft is still currently registered in 2016. The fuselage of this aircraft was reported in June 2013 to be still stored at Derby (Egginton) airport
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422feeeed915d13710009e3/Cessna_152__G-BNMD_09-90.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BNMD
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2016 12:11 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 17-Feb-2016 12:13 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2018 18:18 | danielm | Updated [Narrative] |
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