ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144558
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| Date: | Saturday 27 August 2011 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Skydive Swansea |
| Registration: | G-LEAP |
| MSN: | 2183 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-B17C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | 5 mi S of Swansea Airport, Fairwood Common -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Swansea Airport (SWS/EGFH) |
| Swansea Airport (SWS/EGFH) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
G-LEAP departed Swansea Airport with 8 passengers and one pilot. During the climb the aircraft entered clouds and was enveloped by sleet. Then both engines flamed out at 8,000 feet just five nautical miles south of the airport. The pilot turned the aircraft back towards Swansea Airport. The aircraft glided for 120 knots before braking out the clouds at 7,000 feet.
The pilot set the aircraft engines to idle and both engines restarted. The pilot descended another 500 feet before leveling out. The pilot left both engine at idle and landed safely back at the airport.
An investigation by the Air Accident Investigation Branch found the cause to be ice. The pilot failed to select the anti-ice system before departing from the airport. During the climb the aircraft was inside the clouds and the pilot was going to turn on the anti-ice but at the moment the engines flamed out . The air temperature was 0'c at the time of the incident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423026be5274a1317000bab/BN2T_Islander_G-LEAP_03-12.pdf
2, CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.thekathrynreport.com/2012/04/bn2t-islander-g-leap-engines-fail-on_2.html.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2012 02:57 | ryan,kirky@hotmail.c | Added |
| 18-Oct-2012 11:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2015 22:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Dec-2016 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2019 14:43 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code] |
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