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| Date: | Sunday 25 March 1984 |
| Time: | 10:10 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-1B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BDNY |
| MSN: | AA1B-0595 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Doncaster Aerodrome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Doncaster, South Yorkshire (EGCI) |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25.3.84: crashed on take off from Doncaster Aerodrome, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The pilot attempted to take off from a wet grass runway; there was standing water to the right hand side of the runway.
Just before becoming airborne, the right wheel ran into a deep puddle of standing water; the aircraft yawed to the right, left the runway, and overturned as it crossed a ditch and an earth embankment. The two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) sustained minor injuries, including a cracked rib, but were able to evacuate the aircraft through a cabin window.
G-BDNY was assessed as "aircraft severely damaged" and beyond economical repair", but the registration was only belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 12.8.91 (over seven years later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Grumman%20American%20AA-1B%20G-BDNY%2006-84.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BDNY.pdf
3. https://www.pprune.org/where-they-now/309227-faint-memories-doncaster-aero-club.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 24-Jun-2014 01:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2014 23:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 03-Nov-2015 16:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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