Date:	Friday 13 October 2017
Time:	08:00 LT
Type:	Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II
Owner/operator:	Yorkshire Aviation Ltd
Registration:	G-BPXX
MSN:	34-7970069
Year of manufacture:	1979
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-360-EB
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Sherburn-In-Elmet Airport (EGCJ)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II G-BPXX was written off (damaged beyond repair) when it overran the runway following a rejected takeoff, Sherburn-in-Elmet Aerodrome, North Yorkshire, 13 October 2017. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:

"At 70 knots IAS (Indicated Air Speed) during the takeoff roll on Runway 28, the pilot applied rearwards pressure to the control column, but the aircraft did not rotate as expected. At 80 knots IAS, he applied increased pressure but the aircraft still did not respond, so he selected idle power and depressed the toe brakes. He later estimated that the IAS was close to 90 knots when he started to reject his attempted takeoff.

Despite application of maximum braking, the aircraft overran the runway and then ran across approximately 200 metres of short grass before encountering a patch of rough ground, where the left main landing gear collapsed. The aircraft continued moving over a disused area of concrete and the pilot kept it straight with continued, full application of the right brake pedal. It eventually came to a halt, after impacting a hedge at an estimated ground speed of two or three knots, and the three occupants exited without injury.

After the accident the pilot photographed tyre marks left by the main wheels on the asphalt runway during braking. These marks began approximately 100 metres prior to the end of the runway and indicate that the aircraft remained on the centre line until it departed the paved surface. The pilot had earlier calculated that the factored takeoff ground roll required for the aircraft, which was at maximum takeoff weight, was 600 metres while the takeoff run available was 799 metres".

=Damage sustained to airframe
Per the AAIB report "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a direct result, the registration G-BPXX was cancelled on 8 June 2018. The registration G-BPXX was reinstated when it was sold on to its 4th and final owner on 25 June 2018. The 4th and final owner was Moses Magrabi, who was the proprietor of an aircraft salvage company "Airtime" at Bournemouth Airport (that is, he bought the aircraft for breaking up into components and scrap). Mr. Magrabi died in March 2019, and the final entry on the aircraft record card was on 20 February 2023 with the registration G-BPXX cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"

1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a3cc35ee5274a7a52bd7ffe/Piper_PA-34-200T_Seneca_II_G-BPXX_01-18.pdf
2. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-BPXX/813877
3. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=923SM
4. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BPXX.html
5. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N923SM.html
6. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=111749
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherburn-in-Elmet_Airfield

This Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II was built in 1979, and was first registered in the United States as N923SM. The US registration was cancelled on 19 April 1989, and the aircraft was re-registered in the UK as G-BPXX on 21 April 1989 (two days later).

Between 21 April 1989 and 2 September 2003, G-BPXX passed through the hands of three owners. The airframe had accumulated a total of 3,598 flying hours at 21 December 2016.

After the incident at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire, on 13 October 2017, the damage sustained to the airframe was "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a direct result, the registration G-BPXX was cancelled on 8 June 2018.

The registration G-BPXX was reinstated when it was sold on to its 4th and final owner on 25 June 2018. The 4th and final owner was Moses Magrabi, who was the proprietor of an aircraft salvage company "Airtime" at Bournemouth Airport (that is, he bought the aircraft for breaking up into components and scrap). Mr. Magrabi died in March 2019, and the final entry on the aircraft record card was on 20 February 2023 with the registration G-BPXX cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"

G-BPXX: Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II at Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire (EGCJ), 20 September 2014

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Jan-2018 21:25	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Jan-2018 20:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
17-Jun-2024 07:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category]