Wirestrike Accident Cirrus SR22 N770CP,
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Date:Tuesday 4 November 2008
Time:14:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic SR22 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cirrus SR22
Owner/operator:Caseright Inc
Registration: N770CP
MSN: 3045
Year of manufacture:2008
Engine model:Teledyne Continental Motors IO-550N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Valley Farm, Staverton, East of Gloucestershire airport -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Gloucestershire (EGBJ)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: AAIB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Aircraft clipped a tree, narrowly missing power lines and made a forced landing in a field at Staverton after the engine failed shortly after take-off from the Gloucestershire airport. The port undercarriage punched through the wing, the other undercarriage was torn off. Probably written off (damaged beyond economic repair) due to its construction. The pilot was uninjured, but the passenger suffered a broken vertebra.

Registration N770CP cancelled by the FAA 31-12-2011

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: AAIB
Report number: EW/C2008/11/02
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. BBC: Man badly injured in plane crash
2. Two hurt as plane crashes
3. BBC video - Pilot made 'textbook' landing
4. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ff78ed915d13740009e5/Cirrus_SR22__Perspective_N770CP_07-09.pdf
5. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=770CP
6. http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/hurt-plane-crashes/story-11885394-detail/story.html
7. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/349673-plane-crash-gloucester-airport.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Nov-2008 23:36 RobertMB Added
06-Nov-2008 00:53 Topaz Updated
25-Jul-2009 12:49 harro Updated
25-Oct-2012 15:32 Dr. John Smith Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
06-Jun-2013 11:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source]
30-Oct-2016 21:21 Dr.John Smith Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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