ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46136
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| Date: | Saturday 1 November 2008 |
| Time: | 09:28 |
| Type: |  Westland Gazelle HT3 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | G-CBXT |
| MSN: | 1191 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Astazou IIIN2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire |
| RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset (EGDY) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was en-route from a private site near Tamworth, Staffordshire, to a maintenance facility near Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton, Somerset. As it approached Langley Hill, near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, it appears to have unintentionally entered IMC and subsequently impacted the hillside. All three occupants were fatally injured.
One of the men who died is believed to be Rod Paskey, aged 55, from Fazeley, near Tamworth, who part-owned the helicopter and is thought to have been the pilot. The other man is thought to be Laurence Bailey, an executive of Cunningham Cash Registers. in Wythall.
The Cheltenham coroner has said names will not be confirmed until after official identification. The bodies of the deceased were taken to Cheltenham General Hospital.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-CBXT was cancelled by the CAA on 20-11-2008
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Three dead as helicopter crashes
2. Three die in helicopter crash
3. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230044ed915d1374000a33/Gazelle_HT.MK3__G-CBXT_10-09.pdf
4. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=CBXT
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/factor200912.pdf
6. http://www.helis.com/database/cn/18622/
7. http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/investigations-continue-winchcombe-helicopter-tragedy/story-11923816-detail/story.html
8. http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/gloucestershire-helicopter-crash-inquest-opens/story-11865678-detail/story.html
9. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/349304-suspected-heli-crash-gloucestershire-nov-2008-a.html
10. http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/local/3845924.Chopper_crash__inquest_opens/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2008 11:31 | claudio | Added |
| 01-Nov-2008 12:02 | Topaz | Updated |
| 01-Nov-2008 13:39 | Anon. | Updated |
| 01-Nov-2008 23:44 | JINX | Updated |
| 02-Nov-2008 01:33 | Topaz | Updated |
| 08-Oct-2009 11:51 | harro | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2012 15:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2013 09:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:28 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:30 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2016 21:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2016 18:34 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location] |
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