ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239954
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| Date: | Monday 25 May 2020 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Cessna R182 Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the Wife 182 Group |
| Registration: | G-WIFE |
| MSN: | R182-00244 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Kirknewton, West Lothian -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Kirknewton, West Lothian | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Cessna R182 Skylane G-WIFE: Substantially damaged 25 May 2020 in a wheels up landing at RAF Kirknewton, West Lothian. The AAIB correspondence report into the incident was published 13 August 2020, and was quite brief: "The aircraft landed" [at RAF Kirknewton, West Lothian] "with the landing gear inadvertently retracted. The underside of the aircraft and the propeller were damaged."
RAF Kirknewton, is a Royal Air Force station at Whitemoss, a mile south east of Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland. It is retained by the Ministry of Defence and is home to 661 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901353/AAIB_Bulletin_8-2020_Hi_res.pdf page 31
2. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-wife
3. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/138894/G-WIFE
4. https://www.airplane-pictures.net/registration.php?p=G-WIFE
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-WIFE
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Kirknewton#Current_use
Media:
Cessna 182 landing & taking off from the Isle of Colonsay in the Western Isles of Scotland in 2019:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2020 19:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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