ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184129
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1989 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee F |
| Owner/operator: | LIverpool Flying School Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BGTS |
| MSN: | 28-7325351 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool (Speke) Airport (LPL/EGGP) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-N5206T (US Registry); to OY-BGD in 1973. To UK registration as G-BGTS on 19-06-1979; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17-06-1989 in a taxying accident at Liverpool (Speke) Airport, Speke, Liverpool, Merseyside. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was being taxied across the Western Taxiway (the Disused Runway 17/35) at Liverpool airport by the instructor northwards towards the Western Apron. He was talking to his student pilot during this when the aircraft 'weather cocked' to the left. The instructor tried to correct the situation, but the left main landing gear contacted a large clump of grass, and then became detached.
During the attempted recovery from this situation, the throttle was inadvertently opened, and the detached landing gear leg struck the left tail plane. The engine was shut down, and the aircraft was vacated normally by the two occupants".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial damage - left landing gear leg detached and damage to left wingtip and tail plane". The damage was presumably enough the render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-BGTS was cancelled by the CAA four months later, on 13-10-1989, as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5423042ce5274a1317000c7d/Piper_PA-28-140__G-BGTS_09-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BGTS
3. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/942.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2016 22:46 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Feb-2016 23:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2016 16:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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