ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192870
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| Date: | Friday 26 August 2016 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AZDX |
| MSN: | 28-7105186 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private Strip, Brickwall Farm, Hundon, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brickwall Farm, Hundon, Suffolk |
| St. Omer, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed on take off from a Private Airstrip at Brickwall Farm, Hundon, Suffolk on 26/08/2016: the cause of the crashed was attributed to a sudden loss of engine power shortly after take off. no injuries reported to the four persons on board (pilot and three passengers). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was prepared for a flight from a private grass airfield near Hundon in Suffolk to St Omer with four people on board. The engine start and vital checks were uneventful with correct settings, pressures and temperatures throughout. After a normal takeoff run the aircraft became airborne and the pilot expected the aircraft to climb away normally.
Then, without warning, there was a sudden reduction in power. The pilot kept the wings level and carried out a forced landing through a hedge and into a field at the end of the runway. During the landing the aircraft sustained the loss of the right wing, distortion to the right tail plane and severe damage to the left wing. The pilot and his passengers vacated the aircraft without injury. The cause of the power loss is unknown.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Right wing severed, left wing and right tailplane
severely damaged". The damage sustained was presumably enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-AZDX was cancelled by the CAA on 15/12/2016 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5849682be5274a1307000074/Piper_PA-28-180_Cherokee_G-AZDX_01-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=AZDX
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-AZDX.html
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1406690
Media:
G-AZDX Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee F at Sywell Airfield 31 August 2013:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2017 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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