ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188358
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| Date: | Sunday 24 August 2003 |
| Time: | 13:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206F Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | Scottish Parachute Club |
| Registration: | G-STAT |
| MSN: | U206-03485 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Strathallan Airfield, Auchterader, Perthshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Strathallan Airfield, Auchterader, Perthshire |
| Strathallan Airfield, Auchterader, Perthshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 24-8-1993 when engine failed and aircraft crashed on approach (due to fuel starvation) to Strathallan Airfield, Auchterader, Perthshire, at the end of the parachutist dropping sortie. The pilot (the sole person on board) was not injured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was being used for parachute dropping. It had completed one flight lasting 42 minutes, and was returning to its base airfield at the end of the second flight, having been airborne for 38 minutes, when the engine stopped. The aircraft was about 800 feet above the ground. The right fuel tank had been used throughout both flights, so the pilot changed the fuel selector to feed from the left fuel tank and attempted to restart the engine but without success.
He transmitted a radio call to advise the airfield of his emergency and then, having completed the appropriate checks, carried out a forced landing into a field. The pilot reported that, in trying to extend the glide into one field, the aircraft's airspeed was allowed to decay to the point where it may well have stalled before landing heavily at the far end of the preceding field. It came to rest against a fence in a large ditch. The pilot also commented that the flaps were retracted and he was surprised how high the rate of descent was with the propeller stopped.
He was briefly trapped in the cockpit by the instrument panel but managed to free himself and exited the aircraft through the right door having suffered only minor injuries. There was no fire"
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-STAT was cancelled by the CAA on 11-9-2003 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f59940f0b6134200051f/dft_avsafety_pdf_027248.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=STAT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2016 19:38 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 24-Jun-2016 19:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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