ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185789
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| Date: | Thursday 24 March 2016 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Socata TB9 Tampico |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BTWX |
| MSN: | 1401 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lambley Private Airstrip, Green Lane, Lambley, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lambley Private Airstrip, Nottinghamshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Socata TB9 Tampico G-BTWX substantially damaged 24-3-2016: Aircraft contacted council van on road adjacent to airstrip. Starboard wing removed, engine hanging from bulkhead. No injuries reported. Police said it happened as the small plane took off from Lambley Airstrip at around 12.40pm.
Nobody in the van or plane was seriously hurt, but police have put a cordon in place around the site while an investigation into the accident begins. A Nottinghamshire Police spokesman said: “Green Lane is closed to traffic while the area is examined. The Civil Avation Authority has been informed.”
UPDATE; The official AAIB report into the accident was published on 12/01/2017, and the following is an excerpt from it:
"On the day of the accident the pilot noted that the wind was forecast to be increasing to greater than 20 knots from the south-west after 12:00 hours. When he arrived at the farm strip, the wind sock indicated a wind speed of less than 20 knots. He decided to attempt to take off, but aborted it when the aircraft did not achieve the desired 50 Knots IAS when half way along the runway. He delayed any further attempt by an hour in anticipation of the wind speed increasing.
At about 12:30 hours, the windsock indicated wind from about 225 degrees at more than 20 knots, which the pilot equated to a 15 knot headwind component. He started the aircraft and taxied to the eastern end of the strip, lining up with 540 metres of the 580 metres available because the first 40 metres of the westerly runway were soft. During the takeoff, the aircraft had reached the desired 50 Knots IAS about half way along the runway, so he committed to the takeoff.
Shortly thereafter he felt the aircraft’s acceleration slow but, at 55 knots, rotated the aircraft, and flew it level to increase airspeed. At this point, he spotted a van travelling in a southerly direction on the road that passes the end of the runway. Believing he might collide with it, the pilot attempted to climb the aircraft, but as he did so, the right wing dropped. He attempted to correct this with left rudder, and by easing the control column forward, but without success.
The right wing struck the van while banked approximately 90 degrees to the right, and detached from the aircraft. Having crossed the road, the aircraft then slid to a halt in a field on the other side. The pilot vacated the aircraft; both he and the van driver were uninjured. The aircraft was damaged beyond economic repair."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damaged beyond economic repair"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/58496a15e5274a130700007a/Socata_TB9_G-BTWX_01-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35894172
4. https://nottstv.com/breaking-light-aircraft-crashes-into-van-near-notts-village/_
5. https://www.nottinghampost.com/Aircraft-crashes-van-Nottinghamshire-village/story-28986218-detail/story.html
6. http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-24/pilot-miraculously-escapes-unharmed-after-crashing-into-van-during-take-off/
7. https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/1100857/van-drivers-lucky-escape-as-a-plane-crashes-through-the-windscreen-2/
8. https://www.planepictures.net/v3/show_en.php?id=1157856
9. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2016/03/socata-tb9-g-btwx-incident-occurred.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2016 18:23 | number78 | Added |
| 24-Mar-2016 18:24 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 24-Mar-2016 20:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2016 00:34 | Geno | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2016 01:58 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Mar-2016 16:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2016 16:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jul-2016 14:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2017 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2017 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2017 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage] |
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