ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177785
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 2015 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Tipsy T.66 Nipper |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-NIPS |
| MSN: | 36 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Revmaster 2100D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Ropley, Near West Tisted, Alresford, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| West Tisted Airstrip, Alresford, Hampshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted terrain at Ropley, between West Tisted and Alresford, Hampshire, England. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the sole pilot received serious injuries. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was flying at 1,000 feet when he noticed an unusual rattling noise from the engine. He began a diversion to West Tisted Airstrip but when he was approximately one mile away, there was a loud bang and the engine stopped.
The pilot found the area did not contain a good choice of fields for a forced landing and he selected what appeared to be a ploughed field as the least-worst option. Having recognised that the aircraft might invert on landing, he arranged his approach so that the aircraft passed close to a farm tractor, in the hope of alerting the driver to his presence. The field contained a brown coloured standing crop and, as the aircraft touched down, it inverted immediately. The pilot sustained spinal injuries and was trapped in the aircraft. However, he was rescued by farm staff righting the aircraft before the emergency services arrived. There was no fire.
The pilot reported that the engine was significantly damaged internally, making it difficult to determine which component initiated the failure. However, it appeared to have been caused by a broken valve fouling a piston, which then failed".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to landing gear and fuselage"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/56bc45c240f0b613d1000018/Tipsy_Nipper_T.66_Series_2_G-NIPS_02-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=NIPS
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-33530002
4. https://www.tipsynipper.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=496
5. http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/another-blast-from-past-tipsy-t-66.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 June 1961 | VH-CGB | Austerserve Pty Ltd. | 0 | Masterton Aerodrome, Wairarapa |  |
sub |
Media:
Crews worked with @SCAS_HART to release a pilot from a light aircraft which came down near Ropley earlier pic.twitter.com/Tuadi8Nh6c
— HampshireFireService (@Hants_fire) July 14, 2015
G-NIPS at Brimpton
by Paul Chandler1 on netAirspace.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2015 23:12 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Jul-2015 08:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Embed code, Damage] |
| 15-Jul-2015 16:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 16-Jul-2015 10:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 10:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Jul-2015 10:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Jul-2015 10:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Jul-2015 12:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2015 19:50 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2015 06:49 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2016 17:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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