Date:	Sunday 27 February 1983
Time:	14:46 LT
Type:	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E
Owner/operator:	Busch (Aviation) Ltd
Registration:	G-PUMP
MSN:	27-7305193
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rubery, Bromsgrove, 11 miles SE of Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Mona, Anglesey (EGOQ)
Destination airport:	Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO)
Investigating agency:	AIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Ex-G-CDBI, re-registered as G-PUMP 23.7.82. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27.2.83 when crashed at Rubery, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, 11 miles South East of Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire. The aircraft was flying very low (below a low cloud base), straight and level, heading north-west, at the moment of impact, when it experienced a fatal CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) at 950 feet AMSL when it collided with a 60-foot high electricity pylon

Registration G-PUMP cancelled by the CAA 29.2.1984 (one year and two days later) as "destroyed".

NOTE: The official AAIB Accident report initially gave the date for the accident as "1982" (one year out...) which is impossible, as the date was several months before G-CDBI became G-PUMP! The AAIB later issued a Corrigendum, which corrected several items, including the date (confirmed as 27/2/1983 NOT 27/2/1982)

1. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
2. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/piper-pa-23-series-250-aztec-e-g-pump-27-february-1982
3. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f724ed915d1374000633/Piper_PA_23_Series_2250_Aztec_E_G-PUMP_Corrigendum.pdf (corrections, including date)
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1133755/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Jun-2014 20:20	Dr. John Smith	Added
31-Aug-2014 22:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ]
31-Aug-2014 22:32	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, ]
12-Nov-2014 02:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, ]
23-Oct-2015 20:11	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2015 20:13	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]