ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179797
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| Date: | Sunday 26 May 2013 |
| Time: | 18:10 |
| Type: |  Slingsby T.67A Firefly |
| Owner/operator: | Slingsby T67A Group |
| Registration: | G-BIOW |
| MSN: | 1988 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sherburn in Elmet, 2 miles E of Selby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sherburn-in-Elmet (EGCJ) |
| Humberside Airport (EGNJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The original T67A Firefly was the French Fournier RF-6B (of 1974 origin) built under license, and G-BIOW was the first Slingsby built aircraft (c/n 1988) which first flew on 15/5/1981 - 32 years and eleven days later it crashed...
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26/5/2013 when lost nose landing gear and nose wheel on take off from Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield, North Yorkshire. The pilot decided to divert to Humberside Airport for an emergency landing on a foam carpet. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"During takeoff from Runway 29 at Sherburn in Elmet Airfield, the nose landing gear oleo and nosewheel detached from the aircraft. The pilot reported that the takeoff was normal, except that he had felt a minor ‘bump’ through the rudder pedals at rotation. After discussions with the Chief Flying Instructor on the VHF radio, a decision to divert to Humberside Airport was made.
After making a practice approach the pilot selected the engine, fuel and battery off on short final and landed on the foam covered runway at Humberside. The aircraft remained upright and the pilot and passenger, who were uninjured, were able to vacate the aircraft normally.
The pilot reported that the upper part of the torque link appeared to have failed and that the lower part of the link was found still attached to the lower oleo assembly. The maintenance organisation confirmed that the circlip which located the oleo into the leg was found with the detached oleo and it appeared hat the failed torque link had allowed the oleo drop out as the aircraft became airborne. The reason for the upper torque link failure had not been identified".
Damage sustained to airframe: Nose landing gear and propeller damaged. All of which were presumably enough to render the aircraft was "damaged beyond economical repair", as the registration G-BIOW was cancelled by the CAA on 9/9/2013 as "Permanently withdrawn from use".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422edefed915d13740001d1/Slingsby_T67A_Firefly__G-BIOW_10-13.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Dietsch/6482.htm
Images:
Crosland Moor Airfield (EGND), Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. - 18th September 2007 21st October 2007
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2015 23:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Sep-2015 00:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2015 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2020 11:24 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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