Date:	Friday 23 June 1989
Time:	08:15
Type:	Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II
Owner/operator:	North East Bedding Centre
Registration:	G-OBED
MSN:	34-7870345
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Wickenby Airfield, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Wickenby Aerodrome
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Substantially damaged in a heavy landing at Wickenby Airfield, Langworth, 8 nautical miles NE of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:

"Following a normal approach in conditions of light wind, the aircraft dropped suddenly and landed heavily at Wickenby Aerodrome".

Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "damage to nose landing gear, nose wheel, port undercarriage and cockpit canopy". The aircraft never flew again in the UK as G-OBED; the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 13-06-1995 as "Transferred to another country or authority > TANZANIA" and "Addressee Status: Deceased"

Became 5H-JET, and crashed for the second time on 24-05-2000 at Mafia Airport, Mafia Island, Tanzania (MFS/HTMA).

1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422eb81ed915d137100007d/Piper_PA-34-200T-2__G-OBED_08-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OBED
3: Tanzanian AAIB report on 5H-JET: http://www.tcaa.go.tz/files/AIB%20BULLETIN%202-00%20%20PA34-200T%20%205H-JET.pdf
4. http://www.tcaa.go.tz/aircraft_license.php?aircraft=396&m=Safety%20Regulation

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


24 May 2000	5H-JET	Coastal Travels Ltd	0	Mafia Airport, Mafia Island		w/o
Heavy landing

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Feb-2016 16:57	Dr.John Smith	Added
01-Jul-2017 14:25	Aerossurance	Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ]