ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184639
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Date: | 19-SEP-1990 |
Time: | 09:55 |
Type: |  Socata Rallye 150ST |
Owner/operator: | Westward Aviation Company Ltd |
Registration: | G-BDCA |
C/n / msn: | 2616 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Hele Payne Farm, Bradninch, near Exeter, Devon -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Photo/air-to-air |
Departure airport: | Hele Payne Farm, Bradninch, Devon |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-09-1990 when failed to get airborne on take off run from a grass airstrip at Hele Payne Farm, Bradninch, near Exeter, Devon, and collided with a hedge and a boundary fence. The aircraft ended up straddling the A396 road. There was a small fire, but this was extinguished by the pilot, with some assistance from motorists travelling on the A396 road
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "substantial to major airframe components". As a result, the registration G-BDCA was cancelled by the CAA, but not until 30/12/1996 over six years later
Sources:
1. AAIB:
https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f346e5274a131400044f/Socata_Morane_Saulnier_Rallye_150ST__G-BDCA_12-90.pdf 2. CAA:
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BDCA 3.
http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/rallye.pdf 4.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/5695915522/in/pool-511992@N2 5.
http://www.helepayne.co.uk/pages/map.html
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Feb-2016 17:09 |
Dr.John Smith |
Added |