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) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hele Payne Farm, Bradninch, near Exeter, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Hele Payne Farm, Bradninch, Devon |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
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
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Feb-2016 17:09 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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