Date:	Monday 28 March 2016
Time:	c. 00:09
Type:	Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe
Owner/operator:	Trustees of the G-BSNE Group
Registration:	G-BSNE
MSN:	5757
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Popham Airfield, Coxford Down, Winchester, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe G-BSNE: Aircraft was blown over by strong winds associated with Storm 'Katie' at Popham Airfield, Coxford Down, Winchester, Hampshire on 28 March 2016 and was substantially damaged.

According to a statement by the owners on the "Flyer" web forums: "Sadly the Luscombe is ours. It's parked facing uphill so the combination of slope and tail wheel means that more of the wing area was presented to the storm than would be the case for a tri-gear on level ground. Looks like the wing tie-down ropes snapped but the tail one held."

After the incident at Popham on 28 March 2016, G-BSNE was repaired and returned to service, being sold on to its sixth (and current) owner on 6 March 2017

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3512119/Storm-Katie-batters-Britain-Gales-100mph-dozens-flights-cancelled-UK-wakes-Bank-Holiday-washout.html
2. http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71963
3. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1445707
4. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1445756
5. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-bsne
6. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BSNE.html
7. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult (N1130B)
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popham_Airfield

This Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe was built in 1947, and first registered in the United States as N1130B. The US registration was cancelled 16 October 1990, and the aircraft was first registered as G-BSNE on 2 November 1990. The aircraft has had six owners between November 1990 and March 2017.

After the incident at Popham on 28 March 2016, G-BSNE was repaired and returned to service, being sold on to its sixth (and current) owner on 6 March 2017

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


1 February 1987

N1130B

Private

0

Riverside, CA

sub

G-BSNE: Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe at Abingdon, Oxfordshire 14/15 May 2004:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Mar-2016 11:05	HOG	Added
29-Mar-2016 01:13	Geno	Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source]
29-Mar-2016 01:14	Geno	Updated [Time]
31-Mar-2016 15:40	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source]
31-Mar-2016 15:50	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source]
31-Mar-2016 15:54	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Jul-2016 14:16	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Source]
15-May-2022 03:52	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type]
11-May-2024 06:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]