ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148961
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| Date: | Saturday 8 September 2012 |
| Time: | 12:36 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | Classic Wings |
| Registration: | G-AIYR |
| MSN: | 6676 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | De Havilland Gipsy Queen 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Duxford Airfield (EGSU) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Duxford Airport (QFO/EGSU) |
| Duxford Airport (QFO/EGSU) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
No.2 engine caught fire on start up. Passengers evacuated successfully and there was damage to the right wing leading edge. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was being prepared for flight, with the commander and seven passengers on board. The left engine was started first, followed, after priming, by the right engine. Immediately after the right engine started the pilot saw a flame, which appeared to originate from the outboard section of its engine cowling. Believing the right wing to have caught fire, he shut down both engines. The pilot then assisted with passenger evacuation, which had been initiated by the ground crew when the fire broke out. Ground crew also tackled the fire, with hand held appliances, and had extinguished the fire when the aerodrome fire service arrived on scene.
An investigation conducted by the aircraft operator concluded that the probable cause of the fire was over-priming of the hot engine, leading to the ignition of overflowed fuel".
Damage sustained to airframe: Fire damage to the outer section of the right stub wing and inner section of the lower right mainplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Eye witness
2. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ffa7ed915d1371000a41/DH89A_Rapide_Dragon_G-AIYR_01-13.pdf
3. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
4. www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=66626
5. http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=42829&start=150
6. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/vintage-and-warbirds/conversations/topics/9426
7. This aircraft suffered a similar incident on July 9, 2005: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=1030
8. Photo of previous incident: http://web.archive.org/web/20160507114715/http://www.airliners.net:80/photo/De-Havilland-DH-89A/1624176
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 May 1947 | G-AIYR | private | 0 | Hawarden Airfield (EGNR), Wales | |
sub |
| 9 July 2005 | G-AIYR | Classic Wings | 0 | Duxford Airfield (EGSU) | |
sub |
| 19 June 2022 | G-AIYR | Classic Wings | 0 | Duxford Airfield (EGSU), Duxford, Cambridgeshire | |
min |
Images:
IWM Duxford 8th September 2012
Taken By Richard Spalding IWM Duxford - 08/09/2012 : 12:34
Taken By Richard Spalding IWM Duxford - 08/09/2012 : 12:33
Taken By Richard Spalding IWM Duxford - 08/09/2012 : 12:33
Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - 15th September 2010
Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - 15th September 2010
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2012 00:41 | jetfueldrinker | Added |
| 09-Sep-2012 01:29 | BIKEPILOT | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 09-Sep-2012 07:19 | Anon. | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category, ]] |
| 09-Sep-2012 07:20 | Anon. | Updated [[[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category, ]]] |
| 09-Sep-2012 07:20 | Anon. | Updated [[[[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category, ]]]] |
| 09-Sep-2012 07:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Oct-2012 15:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2015 12:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2017 19:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2017 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Aug-2020 12:48 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 01-Sep-2020 18:02 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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