ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152360
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| Date: | Sunday 14 March 1999 |
| Time: | 15:44 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C (300) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOVY |
| MSN: | 40-0915 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redhill Aerodrome, South Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Redhill Aerodrome (KRH/EGKR), Surrey |
| Redhill Aerodrome (KRH/EGKR), Surrey | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 March 1999 when crashed whilst hover-taxying at Redhill Aerodrome, Redhill, Surrey. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The student pilot was being instructed in hover taxiing sideways by an experienced instructor. The weather was fine with a light an variable surface wind. The student allowed the helicopter to get too low and the instructor told him to increase his height but before he could do so, the right skid dug into the ground and the helicopter rolled onto its side. Neither occupant was injured, but the aircraft suffered substantial damage."
It would appear that the "substantial damage" rendered G-BOVY "beyond economic repair" as the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 2 February 2000 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f71aed915d137400062d/dft_avsafety_pdf_501424.pdf
2. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17749.0
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3521
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2013 12:22 | TB | Added |
| 12-Mar-2015 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2015 17:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Mar-2015 17:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2022 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Category] |
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