Aircraft G-ARWL Data

G-ARWL
1962 Cessna 182E, c/n 182-53895
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Airframe Info
Manufacturer Cessna
Model 182E Search all Cessna 182E
Year built 1962
Construction Number (C/N) 182-53895
Aircraft Type Fixed wing single engine
Number of Seats 4
Number of Engines 1
Engine Type Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model Continental O-470-R
Aircraft
Registration Number G-ARWL
Current Status Crashed on October 18, 1975
Delivery Date 1962-04-13
Owner
Owner
Address ,
United Kingdom
User Comments
soubriquet, 2008-11-14 05:00:00
G-ARWL crashed, and looks unlikely to have been rebuilt, at Ashbourne in Derbyshire, UK, on the 18th October 1975. She was in use as a parachute club's lift plane. At 2,500ft, the second jump, a novice, got his chute entangled in the oleo leg. Panicking, he deployed his reserve chute, an Irvin 124, which stopped the plane dead, and lowered it to terra firma, with pilot, jumpmaster, and two trainee jumpers. All survived, injured but alive. The pilot's name was Ken Miller.
The landing was achieved port wingtip first, inverted, nose down. Crumpled but intact.