ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181266
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 September 1984 |
| Time: | 17:55 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182L Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Wild Geese School of Adventure Flying |
| Registration: | G-AWJA |
| MSN: | 18258883 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Movenis Airfield, Carrowreagh Road, Garvagh, County Londonderry -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Movenis Airfield, Garvagh, County Londonderry |
| Movenis Airfield, Garvagh, County Londonderry | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/09/1984 when crashed on landing at Movenis Airfield, Carrowreagh Road, Garvagh, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. According to the following extract from the officlal AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was engaged in sport parachuting on a day with an ambient temperature of between 5 and 10 degrees C and 4 oktas of cloud at 5,500 feet. After dispatching one parachutist as 6,000 feet, the pilot commenced a descent using 15 inches of manifold pressure, and a fully fine propeller pitch. At approximately 5,000 feet the engine stopped. Selection of carburettor hot air had no effect, and the pilot landed the aircraft back at his base airfield without power.
During the landing, the aircraft encountered a bump on the airfield surface, and the nose undercarriage leg separated from the aircraft, which came to rest on its nose. After the accident no fault was found with the engine, and the cause of the loss of power and the engine stopping remains a mystery."
Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report, the damage was "extensive - possible write off". This indeed was what happened, as the registration G-AWJA was cancelled by the CAA on 29/11/1988 (just over four years later) as "destroyed".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ef6fed915d137100025d/Cessna_182_G-AWJA_02-85.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.wildgeeseskydive.com/contact/index.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2015 15:04 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2015 15:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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