ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187787
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| Date: | Monday 5 December 1994 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Rockwell Commander 112A |
| Owner/operator: | Trans-Channel Services Ltd |
| Registration: | G-TCSL |
| MSN: | 322 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire |
| Blackbushe Hampshire (BBS/EGLK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 5-12-1994 when crashed on take off from Spanhoe Airfield, near Corby, Northamptonshire. No injuries sustained to the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers). The AAIB report attributed the cause of the crash to wind shear. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reports that at the start of the take off run, the wind was 15 knots at 180 degrees, and the aircraft accelerated to 65 knots, at which speed the pilot raised the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft left the ground normally, and began to accelerate as it passed abeam of the hangar/storage shed complex paralleling the runway on the south side.
The engine was providing continuous full power, but suddenly the airspeed fluctuated dramatically, the aircraft pitched nose up, and the right wing dropped. The flying controls were totally ineffective at this time, and full down elevator had no effect on the pitch angle
Although not sure of the sequence of events, the pilot believes that the aircraft then 'weather cocked' about 40 degrees to the left, and the right wing struck the ground, as did the fuselage, still in a nose up attitude. During the subsequent ground slide, which was at about 45 degrees to left of the runway direction, sufficient directional control enabled the pilot to avoid a large concrete structure. but the aircraft then slid into a large pile of loose concrete, which destroyed the propeller and undercarriage."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed (beyond economic repair)". As a result, the registration G-TCSL was cancelled by the CAA on 2-3-1995 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f6baed915d137100061d/Rockwell_Commander_112A__G-TCSL_02-95.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=TCSL
3. Wreckage of G-TCSL at Spanhoe June 1995: https://www.flickr.com/photos/the-evanses/16914331592
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2016 19:09 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 19:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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