April 2009 Devon jet crash.

‘parted out’ as they say, engine for example is on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rollys-Royce-Viper-Engine_W0QQitemZ330405848959

Currently stored at Exeter Airport and noted there this week. As the ebay link above shows now looks like what can be salvaged is starting to be sold off…

Lets just let the AAIB do there job so that we can make sure that whatever caused the problem will not happen again.

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/february_2010/bac_167_strikemaster_mk_80__g_uppi.cfm

Local rag interpretation.

http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Missing-battery-blamed-plane-crash/article-1851031-detail/article.html

Thread title ammendment is probably appropriate.

What has happened to this aircraft since the accident?

Just for your info, this is taken from the current CAA Document

2.3 Ejection Seats
As discussed in Chapter 5 paragraph 4, most ex-military aircraft fitted with ejection
seats will be required to have them serviceable. For those where this is not
mandatory, mainly the Jet Provost aircraft, it is highly recommended that operators
give serious consideration to the survival advantages of live ejection seats.

This may help some of you!
R

Perhaps the press need re-educating.

Lot’s of luck there!:D
Back in my Bentwaters days, we had a HH-53 do an off-airport landing in to a pasture because of a chip light.
The provincial papers made it sound like a disaster of Biblical proportions was narrowly averted…

It seems they never let the mundane truth get in the way of a good headline.

Perhaps the press need re-educating.

Call it a forced landing, and it sounds better 😉

Call it a crash landing…. everyone worries 😮

Its like that old Tommy Cooper line !

If you scream in a library, everybody looks at you.

If you scream in an aeroplane, everybody joins in :diablo:

and to add a point, a trained and qualified pilot recovered from a “situation”, landed the aircraft with no damage to life or limb – I just wonder how many people were involved in road traffic accidents in Devon yesterday…..

Perhaps the press need re-educating.

Call it a forced landing, and it sounds better 😉

Call it a crash landing…. everyone worries 😮

Thanks to HFL for bringing the thread back on course, here is a photo from the rear of the plane.

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Pilots-escape-jet-crash-lands/article-938102-detail/article.html

STRIKEMASTER CRASH

Despite what everyone has read in the media, i can confirm that the aircraft had been flying for 50 minutes before the crash and the pilot made the decision to land the aircraft in a field and not to eject, its just a shame that the field was not 100 feet longer. a large hedge got in the way. the landing was totally controlled and both pilots walked away from the scene although they are both pretty sore from hitting the bank. The pilot who i will not name did a landing that anyone should be proud off in that situation as there is very little damage to the area and it was under control right to the end.

After reading some of the media reports it makes me smile because no matter what the truth is they will print whatever they want. Lets just let the AAIB do there job so that we can make sure that whatever caused the problem will not happen again.

“Any plane over ten years old are death traps and shouldn’t be allowed to fly…………”

Says Paul as he books his holiday to Spain/Malta/Greece/Florida on an aircraft which has probably more landings and take offs to its credit than he has had hot dinners during anywhere up to the 30 years it may have been in service.

Regards,

kev35

seems our man Paul is getting some “debate” on his points… so we scrap all airliners at 10 years old – that’ll save the planet, and I’ve just done a mental count of what the RAF would be flying……..

1/2 dozen new Hawks
some Merlins
Those Chinooks that were stuck at Boscombe down maybe
Eurofighters.

Paul says he goes to Scotland on the train….. I’ll sleep easy in my bed tonight now…

Comments like that show the educational/PR burden the aviation community (and the GA/warbirds/antique/vintage sub-communities) has got to address.

We’re (pilots/aviation fans) vastly outnumbered and comments like that make good editorials, headlines and letters to politicians.
The news “green” part of his arguement is just another weapon in their arsenal against aviation.

We’ll see/hear more of this.
Lord help us if there is a large airshow tragedy.

In the meantime, do what you can to support aviation…join an organization that does some outreach/educational/political work.

“Any plane over ten years old are death traps and shouldn’t be allowed to fly…………”

Says Paul as he books his holiday to Spain/Malta/Greece/Florida on an aircraft which has probably more landings and take offs to its credit than he has had hot dinners during anywhere up to the 30 years it may have been in service.

Regards,

kev35

Interesting comment (From ‘Paul’) …..”There could have been a family in that field having a picnic or a nice walk could have been ruined by this plane.”

Presumably if they’d been having an unpleasant walk they would have appreciated the entertainment?

Moggy

One thing’s for certain, I hope Paul cleaned up after all that foaming at the mouth

Interesting comment posted onto the BBC site :

“”These planes should be banned. What is the point of flying them. Waste of fuel and not very green. either. They fly around making annoying noise all day long, just so some rich-kid can have a jolly taking pics of his house. Waste of time, they serve no purpose other than to annoy everyone on a pleasant summer day out.

There could have been a family in that field having a picnic or a nice walk could have been ruined by this plane. Any plane over ten years old are death traps and shouldn’t be allowed to fly. Time and time again we read of ‘engine failure’ it’s never pilot error is it, no, a plane runs out of fuel on it’s own, the driver should look to see if there is fuel in it before going out and annoying everyone and putting lives at risk everytime they fly their old Cessnas or Pipers.

Ban them all. No point in taking off from an airport, flying around for an hour then returning (if your lucky) for what purpose? A waste of valuable resourses, EG fuel that we need to preserve for the future. Paul, Torrington””

…the site says report abuse, I’m tempted to report this.

How blinkered can you get …or am I just biased ?

This aircraft had also made a wheelsup landing a couple of years ago in South Africa due to Electrical faillure.

TG1984

Now been advised that it was G-UPPI, not G-UVNR as mentioned above!!

Why? It’s in the public domain

G-INFO will give you the owners, as do several of the media reports.

Moggy

From the image, it looks like G-UVNR.