ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203106
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 2017 |
| Time: | 18:43 LT |
| Type: | Pegasus Quantum 15-912 |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the G-MZDH Flying Group |
| Registration: | G-MZDH |
| MSN: | 7248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Holy Cross Green, Clent, West Midlands -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Otherton Airfield, Micklewood Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire |
| Halfpenny Green, Bobbington, Wolverhampton (EGBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Pegasus Quantum 15-912 G-MZDH was written off (damaged beyond repair) when it spiralled to the ground near Holy Cross Green, Clent, West Midlands on 15 August 2016. According to the following summary from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The weight shift microlight was returning from Otherton to Halfpenny Green when the accident occurred. The pilot was seriously injured in the accident and had little memory of the accident flight. There were various witness descriptions of the final descent, including the wing collapsing and the microlight spiralling down but the initiating event was not identified. The pilot was not able to recover from a tight spiral or tumbling condition which continued to the ground."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed"; the pilot, the sole person on board, survived, although seriously injured. He survived purely by having the good fortune to land on a large rolled up bale of of hay. He received trauma care at the scene before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham with a serious leg injury and chest pain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a32406440f0b665d533a7f6/Pegasus_Quantum_15-912_G-MZDH_12-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1473066
4. https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/dudley/stourbridge/2017/12/18/pilot-spiralled-towards-ground-like-a-falling-sycamore-leaf/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 2016 | G-MZDH | G-MZDH Flying Group | 0 | Holy Cross Green, between Clent and Belbroughton, Worcestershire | |
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Media:
Pegasus Quantum 15-912 G-MZDH at Wolverhampton (Halfpenny Green)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Dec-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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