ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167100
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| Date: | Friday 20 June 2014 |
| Time: | 15:16 |
| Type: |  Robin HR.200/120B |
| Owner/operator: | Multiflight Ltd |
| Registration: | G-MFLC |
| MSN: | 317 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leeds-Bradford International Airport, Leeds, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |
| Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted an antenna mast on approach to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LGA/EGNM), Leeds, West Yorkshire, sustaining substantial damage. The sole pilot on board the airplane received minor injuries. According to the summary of the official AAIB report into the incident:
"The accident occurred during the student pilot’s first solo takeoff. The aircraft rotated rapidly to an exagerated nose-up attitude before landing and bouncing. The student detected a drift to the runway side and abandoned the takeoff. However, the aircraft ran off the edge of the runway and collided with a glide path aerial. Both the aircraft and the aerial suffered substantial damage, although the pilot was uninjured."
Damage: Substantial damage to aircraft and aerodrome glideslope aerial
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/plane-crash-at-leeds-bradford-airport-causes-delays-1-6687091
2. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11292607.Plane_hits_antenna_mast_at_Leeds_Bradford_Airport/?ref=mr
3. http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2014-06-20/pictures-light-aircraft-hit-mast-at-leeds-bradford-airport/
4. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
5. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-pierre-robin-hr200-120b-g-mflc
Images:
Leeds Bradford International (EGNM), Yeadon, West Yorkshire, UK - 16th August 2010
Leeds Bradford International (EGNM), Yeadon, West Yorkshire, UK - 10th April 2007
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2014 20:13 | Geno | Added |
| 22-Jun-2014 00:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage] |
| 10-Oct-2014 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2014 16:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2020 16:11 | HangarRat | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Jul-2020 16:12 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 07-Oct-2020 15:55 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Accident report, Photo] |
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