ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 154925
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| Date: | Thursday 9 November 1972 |
| Time: | 15:57 |
| Type: |  Brantly B-2B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ATJY |
| MSN: | 455 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oxford Airport (Kidlington), Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Oxford Airport (Kidlington), Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) |
| Oxford Airport (Kidlington), Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 9/11/1972 when crashed from low altitude at Oxford (Kidlington) Airport, at the start of a dual instructional circuit flight. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The helicopter was 10 feet in the air when one of the main rotor blades detached which caused the blades to come off also. The helicopter rolled to the right before crashing into the ground at an inadvertent attitude before coming to the rest on it's left side. The Instructor was killed but the student pilot survived with minor injures. The helicopter was destroyed. The AAIB found the cause of the crash to be Metal fatigue on the bearing shaft of the main rotor blades. There was no fire"
The AAIB report named the pilot fatality as Captain G. Meyrick (Instructor, in the left hand seat) and the pupil as Mr. C.Rose (who was also the owner of G-ATJY) in the right hand seat. Registration G-ATJY cancelled by the CAA on 17/7/1973 as "PWFU" (Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f64240f0b6134600062f/12-1973_G-ATJY.pdf
2. https://www.pprune.org/7837444-post2052.html
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATJY.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2013 12:36 | ryan | Added |
| 15-Jun-2013 13:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2015 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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