ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71515
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| Date: | Friday 28 July 1995 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk |
| Owner/operator: | APB Leasing Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-BMNP |
| MSN: | 38-81A0133 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Halfpenny Green Airport, Bobbington, Stourbridge, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Stourbridge (EGBO) |
| Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Stourbridge (EGBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28-7-1995 when bounced on landing at Halfpenny Green Airport, Bobbington, Stourbridge, Staffordshire. The pilot (the sole person on board) was only slightly injured. Accoarding to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"A student pilot was undertaking a solo cross-country flight in fine weather and light wind conditions. The aircraft touched down near the threshold of Runway 22 and bounced. She attempted to correct the bounce but the situation rapidly got worse and the aircraft pitched forward onto it's nose. It came to rest some two thirds of the way down the 640 metre long runway, bending the propeller and nose landing gear and causing associated damage to supporting structures."
Damage sustained to airframe Per the AAIB report "bent propeller and nose landing gear, with associated damage to the related supporting structures". The aircraft was subsequently deemed to be beyond economical repair, and registration G-BMNP was cancelled by the CAA four years later, on 19-10-1999, as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230279ed915d1371000bb7/Piper_PA-38-112_Tomahawk__G-BMNP_10-95.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BMNP
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/egbj/5360351851/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2010 12:53 | andrewaircraft | Added |
| 17-Jan-2010 09:07 | andrewaircraft | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2012 15:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2016 17:20 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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