ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169075
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| Date: | Friday 26 October 2001 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Robinson R 22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Holly Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | G-RVRS |
| MSN: | 1478 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire (EGSU) |
| Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire (EGSU) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26 October 2001 when crashed at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire during a practice autorotation training sortie. According to the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was carrying out a series of autorotations to engine off landing simulations. He was accompanied by a flying instructor who was acting as a safety pilot. Seven successful sequences were completed without incident. During the final manoeuvre, the helicopter was flared slightly too early, which resulted in it contacting the ground heavily in a tail low attitude with a low rotor speed.
The helicopter bounced and the main rotor struck the tail boom. The aircraft yawed and bounced again, but came to rest upright with the tail boom severed. There were no injuries to the occupants."
Damage sustained to G-RVRS: Damage to main rotor, tail boom separated. This was enough for the Robinson R22 to be deemed as "beyond economic repair", and the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 14 September 2004
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/robinson-r22-beta-g-rvrs-26-october-2001
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1859
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2014 15:57 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 15-Feb-2015 16:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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