ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184201
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| Date: | Saturday 19 October 1996 |
| Time: | 18:34 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369E |
| Owner/operator: | AB Gee of Ripley Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OABG |
| MSN: | 0039E |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Adjacent to the A52 Road, near Cauldon Lowe, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Haydock Park Racecourse, Merseyside |
| Holloway, Near Matlock, Derbyshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 19-10-1996: Pilot lost control of helicopter after encountering IMC conditions at night. Pilot was night rated but had not maintained his recency since 1983. He did not hold an instrument rating. Pilot was not able to maintain height or heading allowing helicopter to descend, out of control, in a near vertical descent at high speed. Helicopter completely destroyed in impact. Pilot fatally injured.
Damage sustained to airframe: per the AAIB report "caught fire, exploded and was completely destroyed". As a result, the registration G-OABG was cancelled by the CAA on 30-01-1997 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fb3340f0b61342000755/dft_avsafety_pdf_501356.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OABG
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3587
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2016 23:07 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 16-Jun-2016 18:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
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