ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189309
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| Date: | Saturday 31 October 2015 |
| Time: | 14:57 |
| Type: | Dragon Chaser |
| Owner/operator: | Flylight Airsports Ltd |
| Registration: | G-CHNP |
| MSN: | 084 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | Polini Thor 250 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Pitsford Water, Brixworth Road, Holcot, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire (EGBK) |
| Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire (EGBK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31-10-2015 when crashed near Pitsford Water, Brixworth Road, Holcot, Northamptonshire whilst on a flight from Sywell Aerodrome. The 70-year-old pilot (named in contemporary press reports as Philip Bendall) - the sole person on board - sustained fatal injuries. According to the summary from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft, a flex-wing microlight, was flying low near Pitsford Water, a reservoir, in benign weather conditions. It turned and descended, hit the ground and somersaulted, sustaining damage. First aid was administered to the pilot, but he had been fatally injured.
Some witnesses recalled hearing the aircraft’s engine, and some believed its tone had changed or it had ceased. The investigation identified that the conditions were suitable for carburettor icing to have occurred, and that the field into which the aircraft crashed would have been suitable for a forced landing, but no specific cause of the accident was identified."
Nature of Damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-CHNP was cancelled by the CAA on 01-06-2016 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/578dee8aed915d3cfd00015f/Dragon_Chaser_G-CHNP_08-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CHNP
3. https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/elderly-pilot-dies-light-aircraft-crash-field/story-28105450-detail/story.html
4. https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/update-tributes-paid-to-cambridgeshire-pensioner-killed-in-microlight-crash-1-7047513
5. https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-pensioner-killed-in-microlight-crash-in-northamptonshire-1-7048574
6. https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/pilot-dies-after-light-aircraft-crashes-in-field-near-pitsford-1-7045299
Media:
AAIB report on fatal mircrolight accident 31 Oct 15 https://t.co/R2SM7hRxtv pic.twitter.com/Vh9XyKnrXI
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) August 11, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2016 16:11 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 07-Oct-2016 13:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative] |
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