ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83415
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| Date: | Saturday 7 July 1990 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AYIH |
| MSN: | 28-26910 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bedford Road, Cranfield Village, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Elstree Hertfordshire (EGTR) |
| Cranfield, Bedfordshire (EGTC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 07-07-1990 when crashed on approach to Cranfield; all three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was inbound to the Cranfield annual PFA rallye when it was forced to re-position on final approach due to conflicting traffic. Unfortunately, possibly due to the pilot being distracted at a late point in the approach by other aircraft and a large amount of baggage being carried which may have effected the mass and balance detrimentally at low speed, the aircraft stalled and fell into a local garden, killing the pilot and his two passengers.
Following the accident a number of recommendations regarding the level of ATC service at major rallies, seat belt restraints and lack of stall warnings in older aircraft were put forward."
Damage sustained to airframe: per the AAIB report "forward fuselage and landing gear severely damaged, centre and rear fuselage moderately damaged". All of which were presumably enough to render the airframe as "damaged beyond economic repair" as the registration G-AYIH was cancelled by the CAA on 25-10-1990 as "destroyed" and owners "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. CAP 667 Review of General Aviation Fatal Accidents 1985 - 1994
2. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230343e5274a1317000c0f/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee__G-AYIH_12-90.pdf
3. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AYIH
4. http://www.na3t.org/air/photo/MS01451-4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2010 14:18 | andrewaircraft | Added |
| 29-Aug-2012 14:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2013 00:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2016 13:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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