ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18645
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| Date: | Sunday 19 December 1982 |
| Time: | 11;40 |
| Type: |  Cessna F172H Skyhawk (Reims) |
| Owner/operator: | Birmingham Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AVAS |
| MSN: | F172-0370 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO) |
| Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in an accident at Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire, on 19.12.82. Aircraft suffered an engine failure whilst climbing away from a "touch and go" landing at Halfpenny Green; pilot attempted to make an immediate emergency landing, but aircraft did not have enough altitude, for a "dead stick/engine out" landing, and failed to make the airfield boundary, crashing onto a public road bordering the airfield.
The subsequent AAIB investigation revealed that the aircraft had less than 10 litres of fuel (AVGAS) on board, all of it in the right hand tank, and that the lack of fuel was the primary cause of engine failure. Furthermore, the trainee pilot had selected the left hand tank for fuel - which was, of course, totally empty.
Wreck noted at Sleap later. Registration belatedly cancelled by CAA 15.8.1985
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
2. http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=444543&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5&j=1
3. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Cessna%20172%20G-AVAS%2001-83.pdf
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/f172show.asp?start=351&count=50]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Sep-2011 06:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2011 03:34 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jul-2012 12:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2012 16:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2014 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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