ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179145
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| Date: | Friday 2 September 2011 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Zenair CH 601 UL Zodiac |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CCVT |
| MSN: | PFA 162A-141 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private airstrip, Glenmavis, 2 miles north-west of Airdrie, Lanarkshir -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Private airstrip, Glenmavis, Lanarkshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/9/2011 when crashed on take off from a Private airstrip, at Glenmavis, 2 miles north-west of Airdrie, Lanarkshire. The cause was attributed to engine failure, and probably carburettor icing. According to the following extract of the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported that on the morning of the accident, he replenished the aircraft with MOGAS and successfully carried out his normal pre-flight checks, which included a water sediment check of a sample of fuel taken from the drain at the bottom of the aircraft fuel tank.
Shortly after a light shower had passed over the airfield, the pilot started the engine and after approximately 10 minutes taxied to the end of the grass runway where he carried out his power checks during which the engine reached the expected maximum rpm. On completing the power checks the pilot immediately released the aircraft brakes and the aircraft quickly accelerated and became airborne at the expected distance along the runway.
At approximately 30 ft the engine tone changed, the engine coughed, the rpm rapidly decreased and the engine stopped. In an attempt to avoid a set of electrical cables, and a road that ran across the end of the runway, the pilot banked relatively steeply to the right. The right wing and landing gear struck the ground and the aircraft bounced before landing heavily. While the pilot was uninjured, the aircraft was extensively damaged".
G-CCVT was "Extensively" damaged, and, as a result, the registration was belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 14/5/2014 (almost three-and-a-half-years-later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f82ded915d13710006af/Zenair_CH_601UL_Zodiac__G-CCVT_11-11.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=G-CCVT&fields=reg
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000830638.html
5. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Glenmavis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2015 00:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Dec-2016 23:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
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