ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188708
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| Date: | Saturday 16 July 2016 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: | Pegasus Quantum 15 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MZCR |
| MSN: | 7234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | East Haxsted Farm, Lingfield Road, Edenbridge, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | East Haxted Farm Airstrip, near Edenbridge, Kent |
| East Haxted Farm Airstrip, near Edenbridge, Kent | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, a weight-shift-control (WSC) trike, impacted 15 feet up a tree in Lingfield Road, Edenbridge, Kent. The microlight sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot on board received undetermined injuries. According to the following press release from Kent Fire and Rescue:
"Microlight aircraft crash - Edenbridge
Incident details
Crews have used lines, ladders and a tirfor winch to secure the microlight. Extraction of the 91 year old pilot from the aircraft in now underway using safe working at height equipment, a tirfor winch and strops.
Update at 17:20
The pilot has now been released from the microlight aircraft and is being assessed by paramedics". The pilot was then taken by land ambulance to hospital for X-rays and treatment to his injuries.
Update #2 from CAA AAIB dated 23-09-2016:
16 Jul 2016 G-MZCR PEGASUS QUANTUM 15 - Struck a tree during go around at East Haxted Farm Airstrip, near Edenbridge, Kent. Under investigation
Update #3: AAIB Final report (Summary):
"The pilot was landing on a grass runway at East Haxted Farm Airstrip after a local flight. Low to the ground he experienced some thermal activity and turbulence which caused the left wing to lift suddenly. He decided to abort the landing and applied power, using the foot throttle, to go around. The aircraft started to climb but he was unable to prevent it turning right and it struck a tree in a hedgerow adjacent to the runway. The pilot was seriously injured. Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Wing, trike and propeller damaged" (see link #2 for the full AAIB report)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-pegasus-quantum-15-g-mzcr
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=MZCR
3. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/kent-aircraft-crash-pilot-91-ploughs-microlight-into-field-a3297541.html
4. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/microlight-aircraft-crashes-into-tree-99120/
5. https://www.kentlive.news/elderly-man-stuck-in-a-tree-in-edenbridge-after-crashing-microlight/story-29519917-detail/story.html
6. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/microlight-aircraft-crashes-into-tree-99120/
7. http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-07-17/91-year-old-microlight-pilot-crashes-into-tree/
Media:
EDENBRIDGE update: Photos of microlight crashed into a tree from which an elderly pilot was rescued. Pix SECAmb Hart pic.twitter.com/EDXsTaILa1
— Kent 999s (@Kent_999s) July 16, 2016
INCIDENT: Microlight aircraft crashed and stuck 15 feet up a tree https://t.co/bqSSlrO3PE
— Kent Fire and Rescue (@kentfirerescue) July 16, 2016
Male extricated safely great #jointWorking by all agencies. Mae taken by land to hospital for X-ray and treatment pic.twitter.com/eB0MzYW5tQ
— SECAmb HART (@SECAmbHart) July 16, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2016 00:42 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Jul-2016 10:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2016 10:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2016 10:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2016 10:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2016 20:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Embed code] |
| 18-Jul-2016 19:55 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 18-Jul-2016 19:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Aug-2016 15:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 05-Aug-2016 10:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2016 13:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2017 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2017 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 26-Jun-2023 09:30 | Nepa | Updated [[Time]] |
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