ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229772
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| Date: | Sunday 6 October 2019 |
| Time: | 17:40 LT |
| Type: |  Rollason Druine D.62B Condor |
| Owner/operator: | The Brian Douglas Trust - BDX Group |
| Registration: | EI-BDX |
| MSN: | RAE/608 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Duncormick, County Wexford -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Taghmon Airfield (EIIF) |
| Taghmon Airfield (EIIF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After the aircraft returned from its earlier flight it was scheduled to do another flight – the accident flight. Prior to the accident flight, the Instructor was heard to remark to the Pilot “I suppose I better take the loose bits out of it”. The pilot who had flown the aircraft earlier asked the Pilot about his intended flight, and he responded “I’m going up to do spins”. Later, in the same conversation, there was some general discussion about aerobatics, including a query about the maximum “g” that would be experienced during a barrel roll, which the Instructor opined he would expect not to be more than 2g.
The Pilot was observed walking around the aircraft doing what was described to the Investigation as a “full outside check”. Upon boarding the aircraft, and prior to engine start,the Pilot was observed to have a checklist in his hand. The aircraft taxied out to the northern end of the airfield and, at approximately 17.10 hrs, was observed to take off to the south, before turning to the south-west and circling back around, climbing all the time. The aircraft crossed to the north of the airfield and then turned south-west, continuing to climb and proceed in a south-westerly direction. The aircraft was observed from the airfield until it went out of sight and it was described as a “complete normal takeoff, a complete normal climb” to at least 3,000 ft.
At approximately 16.40 hrs, witnesses reported that the aircraft had emitted a loud noise and disintegrated in the air, in the Duncormick area of Co. Wexford. Local persons and emergency services proceeded to the scene and determined that both occupants had been fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire.
Probable Cause
During manoeuvring, the aircraft wings experienced an overload in positive g, with the left wing failing, and a subsequent in-flight break-up.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/wexford-plane-crash-tragically-kills-20526612
https://www.joe.ie/news/wexford-plane-crash-684051
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/two-men-killed-horror-plane-20528023
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-killed-in-co-wexford-plane-crash-1.4041969
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/wexford-plane-crash-victims-killed-20843119
http://www.aaiu.ie/sites/default/files/report-attachments/Preliminary%20Report.pdf
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https://www.flyinginireland.com/aircraft.php?Registration=EI-BDX
https://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/ie/BDX
Media:
🇮🇹 Ireland, Duncormick, Co Wexford - Accident Rollason D.62B Condor plane, EI-BDX, 06 Oct 2019, 2 fatalities.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) October 7, 2019
ASN: https://t.co/c2imPnTNPn via @AviationSafety
Press: https://t.co/pI7yMsww7S pic.twitter.com/ehfp3Q0iib
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2019 18:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Oct-2019 18:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2019 19:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Oct-2019 19:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 06-Oct-2019 21:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Departure airport, Embed code] |
| 07-Oct-2019 06:27 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 07-Oct-2019 07:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2019 12:24 | Jodeldavo | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 07-Oct-2019 12:26 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Oct-2019 19:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 07-Oct-2019 20:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2019 23:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2019 19:42 | Nigel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2019 19:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2020 16:13 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2023 14:58 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
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