ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22662
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 March 2003 |
| Time: | 12:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer (Modified) |
| Owner/operator: | Comunica Industries International Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-APTP |
| MSN: | 22-5009 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roughay Farm, Upham, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roughay Farm, Upham, Hampshire |
| Roughay Farm, Upham, Hampshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 18.3.2003: destroyed by fire due to a fuel leak igniting, whilst parked at Roughay Farm, Upham, Hampshire. No injuries reported to the pilot (the sole person on board), as he had vacated the aircraft before the fire ignited. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Whilst carrying out a check of the reserve fuel tank system in flight, a smell of fuel was noticed by the pilot. After landing the smell increased in intensity and fuel was noticed to be leaking from the right side of the fuselage. The leak was traced to a fuel pipe between the reserve fuel tank pump and the right main tank fuel strainer. The pilot managed to staunch the fuel leak using tape but when he returned to the aircraft to drain the right fuel tank the aircraft burst into flames. The cause of the pipe failure, which had been installed for 46 years, could not be ascertained as it was consumed in the fire, but could have been due to internal corrosion."
Nature of Damage to airfframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed" (by fire). As a result, the registration G-APTP cancelled as "permanently withdrawn from use" 2.4.2003
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f23740f0b61342000387/dft_avsafety_pdf_021706.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=APTP
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000283870.html
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1074644/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2008 21:19 | JINX | Added |
| 05-May-2013 11:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2014 22:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2015 23:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 24-Jul-2016 22:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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