ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48754
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| Date: | Friday 21 May 1993 |
| Time: | 11:38 LT |
| Type: |  Robin DR.400 |
| Owner/operator: | Rochester Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-RBIN |
| MSN: | 1225 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | M2 Motorway near Rochester, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Rochester Airfield, Kent (EGTO) |
| Rochester Airport, Kent (EGTO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21-5-1993 due to loss of engine power during touch-and-go training. G-RBIN crash-landed onto the "hard shoulder" of the M2 motorway in the direction of oncoming traffic. Fortunately, traffic was light at the time, and the only damage was to a passing coach, which sustained broken windows and slight injuries to three passengers. According to a contemporary newspaper report (see link #4)
"Aircraft crash-lands on M2: Motorway blocked and pilot is injured in emergency landing during practice flight
THE PILOT of a light aircraft was hurt when he made an emergency landing on the M2 motorway near Rochester in Kent. The wings were torn off the single engined, four-seat plane when it landed, and several cars collided as drivers tried to avoid the wreckage. The fuselage ended up on the hard shoulder and four tourists on a German-registered coach, which crashed into the aircraft, were slightly injured.
The pilot, named later as Paul Wisely, 46, a married man from Egerton, near Ashford, Kent, was flown to hospital with back injuries, but was reported to be in a stable condition. It is believed he was practising take-offs and landings.
Bruce Jarvis, a paramedic, said: 'He turned to go back to the airport because the engine stalled or there was some other engine trouble. He just missed the trees on the London-bound side and missed all the traffic before coming down with a full tank of fuel which somehow never caught fire. Someone up in heaven was really on his side."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "part of the left wing detached on impact...aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-RBIN was cancelled by the CAA on 7-9-1993
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fd50e5274a1317000935/Avions_Pierre_Robin_DR400-2_2__G-RBIN_09-93.pdf
2. Newcastle Journal - Saturday 22 May 1993
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/10160352@N08/18737006488/in/photolist-uxJ4f1
4. The Independent Saturday 22 May 1993: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/aircraft-crash-lands-on-m2-motorway-blocked-and-pilot-is-injured-in-emergency-landing-during-2324349.html
5. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=14869.0
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1537326
7. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-RBIN.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2012 16:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2016 21:20 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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