ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174013
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| Date: | Saturday 9 November 2002 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BTOD |
| MSN: | 38-78A0675 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Netherthorpe Airfield, Thorpe Salvin, Near Worksop, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Netherthorpe, South Yorkshire (EGNF) |
| Retford (Gamston) Airfield, Nottinghamshire (EGNE) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-N2421A: first UK registered as G-BTOD on 7 June 1991. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9 November 2002 when crashed at Netherthorpe Airfield, Thorpe Salvin, Near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was departing from Netherthorpe's Runway 24 in calm wind conditions. It failed to accelerate to an appropriate speed for takeoff but became airborne when the pilot rotated some 20 metres before a low hedge at the airfield boundary. It touched this hedge but when faced with the prospect of clearing a higher hedge and a barn at the end of the next field, the pilot decided to land in that field but penetrated the hedge.
The impacts tore off the right wing and ruptured the right fuel tank. Within one second of the aircraft coming to rest the released fuel vapour ignited. Both the pilot and the passenger immediately began to vacate the aircraft. The pilot estimated that they were clear of the aircraft within 12 seconds of the aircraft coming to a stop. Despite their rapid exits, the pilot received minor facial burns but his passenger received serious burns to his face and hands. The fire service arrived at the scene within five minutes and extinguished a smouldering fire".
As the AAIB report confirms, G-BTOD was classified as an "Aircraft destroyed by fire". Therefore, the registration G-BTOD was cancelled by the CAA on 21 January 2003 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542301b740f0b61346000ba9/dft_avsafety_pdf_507894.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BTOD
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1276462/
4. G-BTOD at Sandtoft 31-10-1992: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_illien/7208103620/in/photolist-rbtXZJ-EFGQ3s-bYXq5C
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2015 13:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jul-2016 21:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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