ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187550
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| Date: | Sunday 1 May 1994 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: | Hilander/Sky Trike |
| Owner/operator: | Bernard Ower Thomas (owner) |
| Registration: | G-MBBW |
| MSN: | FS-3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Penrallt Eifid, near Aberporth, Dyfed, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Penrallt Eifid, Dyfed, Wales |
| Penrallt Eifid, Dyfed, Wales | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 1-5-1994 when crashed into trees shortly after take off at Penrallt Eifid, near Aberporth, Dyfed, Wales. The pilot (the sole person on board) survived, but was seriously injured. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The unlicensed pilot had just fitted a new propeller and air speed indicator to his weight shift microlight, and was keen to try them out before submitting the aircraft to a Certificate of Airworthiness test. When the aircraft took off from a field at Penrallt Eifid, near Aberporth, Dyfed, Wales, the weather was good, but the wind was from the east-south-east, and gusting at speeds of up to 15 knots.
After take off, the aircraft immediately veered through 180 degrees to the left, before striking the branches of a tree and crashing. The pilot later stated that his intention was simply to take off and land again in the next field."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-MBBW was cancelled by the CAA on 21-7-1994 as "Permanently withdrawn from use".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f27940f0b61346000447/Hilander_Sky_Trike__G-MBBW_07-94.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MBBW
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2016 16:53 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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