ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21037
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| Date: | Friday 3 August 2007 |
| Time: | 18:36 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven II |
| Owner/operator: | Goss Air Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OSSI |
| MSN: | 10470 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sillfield Farm, Gatebeck, 4 miles NNE of Kendal, Cumbria -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Arkholme, Cumbria |
| Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter, with two PPL(H) qualified pilots seated in the front and with one passenger in the rear, flew from Leeds Bradford Airport to a private site near Arkholme, between Carnforth and Kirkby Lonsdale, where they picked up a second passenger. The aircraft departed from this site but failed to arrive at the intended destination near Lockerbie.
Search and Rescue (SAR) activities commenced the next day when people became concerned as to the whereabouts of the aircraft and its occupants. The accident site was located at Silfield Farm, Gatebeck, approximately 4 miles North North East of Kendal, Cumbria,but the helicopter was only discovered the following morning when a Polish farm worker found the wreckage. He alerted the police and rescue services at 11:22 BST on the morning of August 4th.
All four persons on board were killed. Local media reports named the dead were father and son Peter John Patrick, 68, of Arkholme, near Carnforth and Andy James Patrick, 37, of Askwith, North Yorkshire. The other men were named as Gary Priestley, 39, of Hipperholme, Halifax, and Tim Mark Newburn, 39, of Baycliffe Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Witnesses in the area reported that the local weather, around the time of the accident, was poor. A spokesman for Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service said two bodies were found in the helicopter and two were in a field nearby
Control was lost after the helicopter entered an area of poor weather conditions, during which the pilots were probably unable to maintain VMC. This resulted in the helicopter striking the ground in a near level attitude laterally and approximately 20 degrees nose-down, and at a speed of between 50 knots and 80 knots. Whilst the occupants were all wearing three-point harnesses, the impact was such that the accident was not survivable. No technical causal factors were identified to explain this accident.
Registration G-OSSI cancelled by the CAA on 06.03.2008 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f15940f0b613460003a5/Robinson_R44_II_Raven__G-OSSI_06-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OSSI
3. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3641700.Weather_killed_helicopter_crash_pals/
4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1559414/Four-killed-in-Cumbria-helicopter-crash.html
5. http://web.archive.org/web/20150510134828/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/father-and-son-die-in-helicopter-crash-1.151289
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6931139.stm
7. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-473183/Helicopter-crash-victims-travelling-pheasant-shoot.html
8. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=42788
9. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/AY%20September%202007.pdf
Images:
Leeds Bradford Airport (EGNM) - 10th April 2007
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2008 07:01 | harro | Added |
| 08-Dec-2014 00:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2016 18:16 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2020 20:32 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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