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G-ARWL
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1962 Cessna 182E Skylane C/N 182-53895Discuss this aircraft in forum |
| Manufacturer: | Cessna |
| Model: | 182E Skylane 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 |
| Registration Number: | G-ARWL |
| Current Status: | Crashed on October 18, 1975 |
| Delivery Date: | 1962-04-13 |
| Address: | , United Kingdom |
| soubriquet, 2008-11-14 00:00:00 | |
| 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. | |