ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177069
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| Date: | Thursday 18 June 2015 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: | Auster J/5F Aiglet |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the ZT Group |
| Registration: | G-AMZT |
| MSN: | 3107 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | De Havilland Gipsy Major I |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bolt Head Airfield, Soar, Kingsbridge, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bolt Head Airfield, Devon | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft force landed at Bolt Head Airfield, Soar, Kingsbridge, Devon, near Salcombe, England. The airplane came to rest inverted, sustaining unreported damage, and there were no reported injuries. According to a press release from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue:
"Date: 18/06/2015
Time: 10:57
Location: Bolt Head Airfield, Malborough, Devon.
Area: Western
County: Devon
Request from police to assist them with a light aircraft which had crash landed in a field near the above location. 1 fire appliance from Salcombe and 1 from Kingsbridge were mobilised to the incident.
During the call, police confirmed that all persons were free and clear of the aircraft. On arrival, crews confirmed that the aircraft had come down and was upside down in the field. Crews made the aircraft safe by isolating the battery and stopped the fuel from leaking. Duty of care was left with the police".
UPDATE: Per the official AAIB report into the accident...
"The pilot made a straight-in approach to land on Runway 29 at Bolt Head Airfield; this is a grass strip with no white runway designating markings. There was a strip of land cultivated with barley, approximately the same length and width as the runway, between the runway and the airfield boundary fence. The pilot mistook this strip of land for the runway. After touching down in the crop, the aircraft came to a stop in about 25 metres, before pitching over onto its back. The occupants, who were uninjured, exited the aircraft via the passenger’s side window.
The pilot considered that it was possible, but unlikely, that the accident would have been avoided if he had joined overhead. However, white runway markings would have definitely aided in identifying the runway".
G-AMZT sustained some damage to the fuselage, but presumably this was repairable, as the Auster was sold on to a new owner in Chumleigh, Devon on 19/8/2015 for repairs/rebuild
NOTE: This accident bears many similarities with another, nearly two weeks later, on July 1 2015, involving an Europa, G-TAGR, which had landed in the same barley crop after mistaking it for the reciprocal Runway 29.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/56162a6740f0b65862000007/Auster_J5F_Aiglet_Trainer_G-AMZT_10-15.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.devonlive.com/BREAKING-Plane-crash-lands-near-Kingsbridge/story-26722962-detail/story.html
4. https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Airplane-crash-lands-South-Devon/story-26723050-detail/story.html
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-devon-33101843
6. http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=33417&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2015 16:13 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 20-Jun-2015 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2015 12:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2015 12:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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