ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188918
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| Date: | Thursday 28 July 2016 |
| Time: | 11:26 LT |
| Type: |  Rotorsport UK MT-03 |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the G-MEPU Group |
| Registration: | G-MEPU |
| MSN: | RSUK/MT-03/007 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Turweston Aerodrome, Brackley, Buckhamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Turweston, Brackley, Northamptonshire (EGBT) |
| Turweston, Brackley, Northamptonshire (EGBT) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Rotorsport UK MT-03 gyroplane was crashed at Turweston Aerodrome, Brackley. Emergency crews were called shortly before 11:30 but the pilot had died at the scene. Reports on the "Flyer" magazine forum state that Turweston Airfield will be closed until Saturday 30 July. According to a statement From the LAA:
"FATAL ACCIDENT AT TURWESTON AERODROME
We are saddened to report that earlier today (Thursday) the pilot of a gyroplane died in an accident at Turweston Aerodrome. As a result of the subsequent AAIB investigations, we are informed the airfield will be closed until Saturday morning, meaning that visits by air to LAA HQ will not be possible on Friday 29th July. Naturally we send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased pilot and our thoughts are also with all our friends and neighbours in the Turweston flying community."
UPDATE: The Turweston Flying Club Facebook page names (and shows a photograph of) the deceased pilot, Richard Green (see link #5)
UPDATE #2: The official AAIB report into the accident was published on 13-04-2017, and the following is the summary from that report...
"The gyroplane was seen to depart from controlled flight as it performed a go-around manoeuvre at Turweston Aerodrome. The accident occurred in benign conditions and no evidence of pre-existing failures or defects was found.
A post-mortem examination showed that the pilot had been suffering from a serious and undiagnosed cardiac condition which could have incapacitated him and led to the accident."
Registration G-MEPU cancelled by the CAA on 23-09-2016 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/58c9134ae5274a2a5c000167/Rotorsport_UK_MT-03_G-MEPU_03-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MEPU
3. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/regional/light-aircraft-pilot-killed-in-crash-at-turweston-aerodrome-1-7499718
4. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101040&sid=920337d1962ad3d633fa829c19916650
5. https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/pilot-killed-after-light-aircraft-crash-on-bucks-northants-border-1-7499761
6. http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-07-28/light-aircraft-pilot-killed-in-crash/
7. https://www.facebook.com/turwestonflyingclub/?fref=nf
8. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001082800.html
9. http://www.rotorsport.org
10. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turweston_Aerodrome
Images:
G-MEPU on the 7th of July 2016, three weeks to the day before the crash at Turweston
Media:
Fatal accident to Rotorsport UK MT-03 on private flight, 28 July 16 https://t.co/xZpBchVibb
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 13, 2017
The AAIB is sending a team to investigate an aircraft accident at Turweston, Buckinghamshire
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) 28 July 2016
Pilot killed in Buckinghamshire light air crash - https://t.co/CtKRbIevxQ #Turweston
— BBC Three Counties (@BBC3CR) July 28, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2016 18:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Jul-2016 19:56 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 28-Jul-2016 19:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 28-Jul-2016 20:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2016 12:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2016 12:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jul-2016 19:21 | LOADMASTER | Updated [Registration, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 29-Jul-2016 19:22 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 29-Jul-2016 19:24 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jul-2016 23:43 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 01-Aug-2016 18:21 | rotorspot | Updated [Cn] |
| 04-Aug-2016 08:37 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2016 18:43 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 18-Apr-2017 16:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2017 01:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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