ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184444
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| Date: | Monday 17 May 1993 |
| Time: | 10:12 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Culff t/a Corniche Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-ROBS |
| MSN: | 0860 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southend Airport, Rochford, Southend, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Southend, Essex (SEN/EGMC) |
| Southend, Essex (SEN/EGMC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 17-05-1993 when crashed at Southend Airport, Rochford, Southend, Essex. Tail struck ground during auto rotation landing. Tail rotor separated, aircraft rolled onto its side. Aircraft destroyed, 1 serious injury (to the instructor); pilot under training uninjured.
According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Demonstration landing was to be south of the runway but north of central taxiway. Weather was fine with a gusty wind blowing from 150 degrees. Wind check from ATC read 150 degrees/11 knots. Instructor attributes cause of initial heavy landing to a disturbance of surface wind during the critical stage of cyclic flare. He also believed that the disturbance may have been caused by the propeller wash of a Lockheed Electra's four turboprop engines which had entered at the south eastern end of the central taxiway."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Helicopter destroyed". As a result, the registration G-ROBS was cancelled by the CAA just three months later, on 24-08-1993 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f448e5274a13140004c3/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-ROBS_07-93.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=ROBS
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14705
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/r22show.asp?start=851]
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2016 17:38 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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