ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173794
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 2015 |
| Time: | 15:14 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Phoenix Helicopters Transport & Assets Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ECMC |
| MSN: | 3671 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chichester/Goodwood Airfield, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Chichester-Goodwood Airfield (QUG/EGHR) |
| Chichester-Goodwood Airfield (QUG/EGHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
In a statement Goodwood Airfield said the accident happened during a training exercise and the aircraft was operated by Phoenix Helicopters:
"An incident occurred on Thursday, 12 February 2015 at Goodwood Aerodrome involving a Robinson R22 helicopter based at Goodwood and operated by Phoenix Helicopters, The aircraft was carrying two people when it came to rest on its side during a training exercise. No-one was injured in the incident. Emergency services were called to the scene and arrived on-site within 11 minutes of the incident having taken place. The Air Accident Investigation Branch has been advised of the incident."
UPDATE; The official AAIB report into the accident states...
"The helicopter was engaged on a routine training flight of about one hour’s duration. The instructor planned to practise various emergencies including tail rotor failures in the hover, taxi and forward flight to his student. He started by demonstrating a tail rotor failure in the hover, which he states he normally performs by relaxing pressure on the yaw pedals to allow the helicopter to start to spin. The next action would be to adjust the throttle demand to reduce the yaw and cushion the landing.
The rate of yaw to the right was faster than the instructor had expected so he decided not to roll off the throttle in favour of using left pedal input to stop the rotation. He stated that at this juncture, his right foot slipped off the pedal, causing him to input too much left pedal.
He then hooked his left foot under the pedal and used it to pull back the left pedal but this caused the helicopter to increase the yaw to the right. He did not consider it safe to reduce throttle and, as he attempted to regain both feet on the pedals, the helicopter struck the ground and rolled over onto its left side. There were no injuries to either occupant, both of whom exited through the right door".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the above AAIB report, the helicopter was "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-ECMC was cancelled by the CAA on 8 April 2016 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5579398fe5274a151000001f/Robinson_R22_Beta_G-ECMC_06-15.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ECMC
3. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/investigation-launched-after-goodwood-helicopter-crash-1-6578491
4. http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/local/video-crashed-goodwood-helicopter-was-on-training-exercise-1-6578006
5. http://boxgrovepc.org/27-parish-news/61-helicopter-crash-at-goodwood
6. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/556771-r22-crash-12-feb-15-goodwood.html
7. http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/local/west_sussex_news/11790790.display/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2015 15:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Feb-2015 21:29 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 17-Feb-2015 18:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2015 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2015 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2016 21:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2016 13:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2018 00:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2018 00:34 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Damage] |
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