ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174026
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 December 2002 |
| Time: | 15:29 |
| Type: |  Rand Robinson KR-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BUDF |
| MSN: | PFA 129-1115 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | HAPI Magnum 75 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire (EGBP) |
| Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire (EGBP) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18 December 2002 when overturned on landing in a field near Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"[G-BUDF] had recently been acquired by a new owner who had not flown the type before but, after a thorough briefing by the engineer/pilot who had prepared the aircraft for its Permit renewal, the owner took off, intending primarily to assess its handling characteristics.
The flight was uneventful for about 40 minutes, during which the aircraft was manoeuvred between about 1,000 to 2,000 feet. The pilot then radioed Kemble, stating his intention to join the circuit on right base leg for a landing on Runway 08 and applied power to climb from his current height of 800 feet agl to the Kemble circuit height of 1,000 feet.
However he obtained no response from the engine and, despite application of carburettor heat and opening and closing the throttle several times, was obliged to select a field for a forced landing, having declared a 'MAYDAY' to Kemble. The only suitable field was downwind (8-10 knot) but was large and 'greenish' looking and the pilot made his approach, noting how fast the ground appeared to be rushing past, and that the propeller had stopped windmilling. As he flared for touch-down he turned off the electrical master switch.
The aircraft bounced once, rolled on its main wheels for some distance and then, as the wheels encountered some deep tractor wheel ruts, it flipped over onto its back and came to rest. The pilot undid his harness and evacuated the aircraft through the broken cockpit side without injury".
Damage sustained to G-BUDF: Damage to vertical fin, cockpit, nose and propeller. As a result, the registration G-BUDF was belatedly cancelled on 16 July 2012 as "Permanently withdrawn from use". The damaged airframe was last reported in December 2013 as being in storage in the area of Boxted, Essex
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fc72e5274a131400085b/dft_avsafety_pdf_022834.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BUDF
3. Rand-Robinson KR2 G-BUDF at Kemble: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stumitc/6608176883
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2015 20:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Feb-2015 20:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2015 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2016 22:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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