Date:	Sunday 18 August 2013
Time:	14:00
Type:	Socata TB10 Tobago
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-GOLF
MSN:	250
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-A1AD
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP) -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Socata TB10 Tobago, G-GOLF: Sustained minor damage in a ground collision 18 August 2013. The aircraft rolled down a slope and collided with a parked Vauxhall Astra car at Popham, Hampshire (EGHP). From the photograph below, it appears that G-GOLF sustained minor damage to its nose in the incident. The probable cause was a failure of the aircraft's parking brake while parked, and/or the aircraft's wheels not being correctly chocked.

1. Eyewitness Report: Saw it just after it happened
2. History of G-GOLF 1981-1982: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-GOLF.pdf
3. https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/81-2000/golf.html
4. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-GOLF.html
5. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-GOLF/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popham_Airfield

The aircraft was built in France in 1981. It was first registered in the UK (from new) on 21st December 1981 to Pipe Chemical Holdings Ltd, London. In April 1981 it was registered by Keith Piggott of Weybridge, Surrey. Ernest Scammell of Ashford, Kent registered it in October 1988 but it was then registered to the four individual Trustees of Golf Golf Group in July 1989 which included Ernest Scammell. This group then held the aircraft until September 2002 when it was registered to Adrian Scammell (who was one of the Trustees of the Golf Golf Group). Brian Lee, of Egton Bridge then registered the aircraft on 18th August 2009.

On 18th August 2013 it was at Popham airfield when it ran into a parked Vauxhall Astra and received minor nose damage. There is no AAIB report for this incident. As at 1 February 2018 G-GOLF had accumulated a total of 1970 flying hours on the airframe. G-GOLF was repaired and damaged at Fadmoor a second time in April 2018

It is possible that G-GOLF has been withdrawn from use - possibly as a result of the incident at Fadmoor in April 2018 - as the CAA Certificate of Airworthiness expired on 22 April 2021, and has not been renewed.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


6 April 2018

G-GOLF

Private

0

Fadmoor Airfield, Boonhill Common, Gillamoor, North Yorkshire

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G-GOLF Socata TB-10 Tobago at Popham, Hampshire (EGHP) 29 April 2017

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Aug-2013 09:01	Slideman	Added
22-Aug-2013 20:19	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ]
03-Sep-2013 06:30	Anon.	Updated [Departure airport, ]
17-Sep-2013 03:58	Anon.	Updated [Location, ]
23-Sep-2013 06:55	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, ]
28-Jul-2016 12:47	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, ]
05-Jul-2024 05:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ]