ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59102
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| Date: | Sunday 5 April 2009 |
| Time: | 12:05 LT |
| Type: |  Stampe SV.4C |
| Owner/operator: | Michael Julian Parr |
| Registration: | G-BEPC |
| MSN: | 64 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Engine model: | De Havilland Gipsy Major 10 Mk 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Goodwood Airfield, Chichester, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex (EGHR) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 05-04-2009 when crashed into trees shortly after take off from Goodwood Airfield, Chichester, West Sussex. The most unusual thing about this accident was that there was no one on board the aircraft at the time! According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"After hand-swinging of the propeller by the pilot, the engine started and accelerated. The aircraft overcame the handbrake and rotated to the right a few times before briefly becoming airborne. The aircraft then contacted trees on the western boundary of the airfield and came to rest, causing significant damage in the process. The pilot stated that he had probably inadvertently closed the ‘dummy’ mixture lever believing it to be the throttle, thereby leaving the throttle open. There was no person in the aircraft during the engine start to react to the situation and close the throttle."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Forward fuselage and wings damaged, landing gear
detached". As a result of this the airframe was presumably deemed "damaged beyond economic repair", and the registration G-BEPC was cancelled by the CAA on 26-11-2009
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f4caed915d1374000509/Stampe_SV4C__Modified___G-BEPC_06-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BEPC
3. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/plane-takes-off-with-no-pilot-386794
4. http://forums.bmaa.org/default.aspx?f=15&m=49106
5. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5114435/Plane-takes-off-without-pilot-at-vintage-airshow.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2009 10:13 | Digitalis | Added |
| 08-Apr-2009 08:44 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 05-Jun-2009 00:22 | harro | Updated |
| 23-Sep-2012 09:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 12-Dec-2014 22:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2016 21:44 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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