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| Date: | Thursday 3 July 1986 |
| Time: | 19:50 |
| Type: |  Gulfstream American AA-5A Cheetah |
| Owner/operator: | The Denham School of Flying Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BIPL |
| MSN: | AA5A-0858 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Denham Aerodrome, Denham, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) |
| Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Wing dropped during touch-and-go landing at Denham, Buckinghamshire (EGLD) at 19:50 on 3/7/1986. Crashed into trees and caught fire within 3 seconds of impact, killing the instructor. The student pilot managed to vacate the aircraft and survived, albeit with severe burn injuries
Registration G-BIPL cancelled by the CAA on 24/11/1987 (almost 18 months later) as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f294ed915d1374000405/Gulfstream_American_Corporation_AA-5A_G-BIPL_08-86.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Nov-2012 16:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Nov-2012 16:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 29-May-2013 14:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 29-Nov-2015 22:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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