ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56827
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| Date: | 02-JAN-2009 |
| Time: | 11:54 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-AWPS |
| C/n / msn: | 28-20196 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colwich Junction, near Little Heywood, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sittles Airfield, near Tamworth, Staffordshire |
| Sittles Airfield, near Tamworth, Staffordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
The aircraft was seen carrying out a manoeuvre described by witnesses as similar to a wingover or stall turn. During the manoeuvre it entered a steep nose-down descent from which it did not recover and which resulted in a high-speed impact on a railway line. The accident was not survivable. The pilots medical and licence validity had expired a number of years previously. The aircraft maintenance records were incomplete and did not show that the required maintenance had been correctly performed. There was, however, no evidence of any mechanical defect causing, or contributing to, the accident.
Registration G-AWPS cancelled by the CAA on 14.08.2009 as "Addressee Status: Deceased"
Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f8f8e5274a1317000757/Piper_PA-28-140_Cherokee__G-AWPS_10-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AWPS
3. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/356505-light-aircraft-down-staffordshire.html
4. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/jan/03/plane-crash-west-midlands
5. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?87141-Fatal-Plane-Crash-Near-Railway-Colwich-Staffordshire-UK
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7808254.stm
7. http://news.sky.com/story/660192/plane-crash-rail-chaos-feared
Accident investigation:
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Images:
(c) AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2009 08:01 | Nathan Baker | Added |
| 02-Jan-2009 12:33 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2009 01:28 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2009 01:43 | Anon. | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2009 05:21 | Anon. | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2009 09:35 | PABLO | Updated |
| 03-Jan-2009 23:32 | angels one five | Updated |
| 08-Oct-2009 11:48 | harro | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2012 14:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 11:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2014 11:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 31-Oct-2016 15:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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