ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186374
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| Date: | Thursday 25 June 1992 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Avid Flyer Commuter |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BTNP |
| MSN: | PFA 189-1198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Swardeston, 4 miles South of Norwich, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Swardeston,4 miles S of Norwich, Norfolk |
| Swardeston,4 miles S of Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (presumed damaged beyond economic repair) 25-6-1992 when overturned in a forced landing due to engine failure at Swardesdon, 4 miles south of Norwich, Norfolk (at approximate Coordinates: 52°34′44″N, 1°14′59″E). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported that he was carrying out a test flight in order to investigate the aircraft's handling characteristics at a higher all up weight. Following a gentle descent from approximately 1,600 to 900 feet, and a left turn through 90 degrees, the engine 'coughed' and shortly afterwards stopped. The pilot then selected a field for a forced landing.
The pilot carried out an unsuccessful attempt to re-start the engine during the final approach, which was reportedly conducted at around 75 mph which is 15 mpg higher than is normal. Despite this excess speed, and full UP elevators, the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft from hitting the ground nose wheel first, and then travelling forward for some 15 yards before becoming inverted."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "nose wheel broken off, propeller broken, damage to engine cowling, wing support struts, and fuselage". It is also worth noting that this accident was the second time that G-BTNP had crashed in under four months: it had previously crashed at Teversham/Cambridge Airport on 29-2-1992 which caused the left landing gear to collapse. It is therefore presumed that, after two crashes in four months, G-BTNP was withdrawn from use, and never flew again.
However, if that was the case, the CAA were never notified, as the registration G-BTNP was only cancelled by the CAA on 21-5-2002, almost ten years later. Despite this, the aircraft was reported in storage at Barton Airfield, near Eccles, Greater Manchester on 29-6-2014.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fbdbe5274a131400081d/Avid_Flyer_Commuter__G-BTNP_11-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BTNP
3. http://derbosoft.proboards.com/post/80544
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2016 17:21 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 12-Apr-2016 18:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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