Accident Grumman American AA-1B G-BCIL, Saturday 14 June 1986

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Date:	Saturday 14 June 1986
Time:	14:15
Type:	Grumman American AA-1B
Owner/operator:	Aerospares (IOM) Ltd
Registration:	G-BCIL
MSN:	AA1B-0378
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire - United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS)
Destination airport:	Lambs Hillock, Elllon, Aberdeenshire
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14/6/1986 when crashed and overturned at Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:

"The aircraft was on a low level approach to land into a 10 knots wind into a field at Lambs Hillock, Elllon, Aberdeenshire. When the aircraft was crossing a track at the field boundary, it contacted a wire fence, and pitched nose down. The aircraft struck the ground and came to rest inverted. The two occupants (pilot and one passenger) received minor injuries"

Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to propeller, engine cowl, canopy and fin". As a result, G-BCIL was sold on to new owners on 23/10/1986 (four months after the accident) to G-Air Ltd t/a Gordon Air, at Goodwood, Chichester, West Sussex. Presumably the sale/transfer of ownership was for salvage/spares recovery, as the registration G-BCIL was cancelled by the CAA just one month into their ownership (on 24/11/1986) as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use"

Accident investigation: