ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165086
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| Date: | Saturday 29 March 2014 |
| Time: | 14:53 LT |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-52 |
| Owner/operator: | G-YAKR Group |
| Registration: | G-YAKR |
| MSN: | 899803 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko Vedeneyev M-14P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cooksmill Green, Highwood, near Chelmsford, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | North Weald, Essex (EGSX) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An aircraft is reported down in a field at Cooksmill Green, Highwood, near Chelmsford, in Essex. The aircraft, a Yak 52, was destroyed by impact with terrain and consumed by a post impact fire. The two occupants onboard the aircraft received fatal injuries. According to the synopsis of the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was carrying out a local flight when, five minutes into the flight, it was observed flying at low level. Having carried out a level turn, the aircraft climbed sharply and entered a stall or spin, from which it did not recover before striking the ground. Both occupants received fatal injuries and there was a fire. The reason the aircraft was flying at low level and the cause of the final manoeuvre could not be determined".
Registration G-YAKR cancelled by the CAA 8/10/2014 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2014-03-29/light-aircraft-crash-lands-in-field/
2. https://www.essexlive.news/BREAKING-Firefighters-called-light-aircraft-crash/story-20880871-detail/story.html
3. http://news.sky.com/story/1233995/essex-two-people-feared-dead-in-plane-crash
4. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/national/two-feared-dead-in-aircraft-crash-1-6530173
5. http://jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7355833&nseq=1
6. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
7. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5501564ced915d141e00001a/Yak-52_G-YAKR_03-15.pdf
Media:
The AAIB has sent a team to investigate an accident to a light aircraft near Chelmsford, Essex, on 29 March 2014.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) March 29, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2014 16:51 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Mar-2014 17:01 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2014 18:35 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 29-Mar-2014 18:38 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 29-Mar-2014 18:40 | ANON | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Plane category] |
| 29-Mar-2014 19:18 | Geno | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2014 18:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature] |
| 17-Apr-2014 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 20-Aug-2015 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2015 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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