ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141614
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 January 2012 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | Skylark Aviation |
| Registration: | G-BDEU |
| MSN: | C1/0704 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire (PIK/EGPK) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Several light aircraft severely damaged in overnight 84 mph gales at Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) on 3/1/2012. However, only one - a DHC.1 Chipmunk - confirmed as a write off so far. Per eyewitness reports:
"Received a report of a Chipmunk blown over at Prestwick, which collided with parked Cessna 150 and a fence in the process. Chipmunk and Cessna 150 flipped over on their backs, plus a Cessna 172 sustained a crushed wingtip, and a Bulldog minus a rudder. Lastly, a Bolkow Junior with flaps and ailerons at jaunty angles...Chipmunk's a write-off. Bent at the firewall, behind the cockpit, fin & rudder crushed, wings now Stuka-like (bent where the flap ends and the aileron begins). Heartbreaking to see - especially as I'm one of the shareholders too."
G-BDEU was later deemed to be a write off (damaged beyond economic repair) and the registration was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 08/05/2014
(G-BDEU was ex-RAF Chipmunk T.10 WP808: delivered 24/07/1952, RAF service was with 15 RFS, Birmingham UAS, RAF Detling Station Flight, Nottinghan UAS, Liverpool UAS, Edinburgh UAS, Nottingham UAS, and Edinburgh UAS. Struck off charge at 5 MU RAF Kemble when sold 23/07/1975. Civil registered as G-BDEU on 17/08/1975).
Sources:
1. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=74462
2. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/ayr-news
3. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?114120-Chippie-died-at-prestwick-in-the-high-winds
4. https://www.airplane-pictures.net/image2686.html_
5. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BDEU
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1198538/
7. https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/412255-raf-chipmunks-23.html#post9136672
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jan-2012 11:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 05-Jan-2012 12:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2012 13:19 | abnuk1 | Updated [[Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]] |
| 05-Jan-2012 13:19 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2012 13:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 15-Jan-2012 03:55 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jan-2012 04:00 | Anon. | Updated [[Embed code]] |
| 11-Apr-2012 22:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 09-Aug-2014 16:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 02:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2016 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2016 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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