ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59715
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 2009 |
| Time: | 17:03 LT |
| Type: |  Robin R.1180T Aiglon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-VECD |
| MSN: | 234 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming o-360-A3AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eddsfield Airfield, Octon Lodge Farm, Driffield, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bourne Park, Hampshire |
| Eddsfield, East Yorkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-F-GCAD from June 1979; re-registered in the UK as G-VECD from 22-06-2000. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25-04-2009 when crashed at Eddsfield Airfield, Octon Lodge Farm, Driffield, North Yorkshire. Of the two persons on board, the pilot was uninjured, but the passenger sustained serious injuries. A contemporary press report in the "Hull Daily Mail" (see link #7) name the two persons on board as "pilot Brian Lee, of Whitby...and his wife, Denise". According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft had departed from Bourne Airfield and was returning to Eddsfield, which is an unlicensed airfield with a grass runway designated 09/27. One commercial flight guide lists the runway’s total length as 775 metres. Another guide listed the total length as 800 metres, but with an available distance of 700 metres for Runway 09.
Measurements taken from ‘Google Earth’ indicated the distance from the 09 threshold to the 20-foot hedge at the far end to be approximately 730 metres. There were 80-foot high trees located 90 metres beyond this hedge.
When the pilot called Eddsfield Radio for landing information, he was informed that there was a 12 knot crosswind from the south. The pilot carried out a circuit to the north of the airfield to check the conditions and then lined up for a normal crosswind approach to Runway 09.
The pilot considered the crosswind to be within both his and the aircraft’s capability. The pilot reported that the
aircraft initially touched down normally, but then the left wing rose. The pilot tried to correct this but the aircraft lifted off the runway and at the point of the second touchdown he considered that there was insufficient runway remaining for a go-around, so he accepted that he was probably going to hit the hedge at the far end.
The aircraft suffered substantial damage when it hit the hedge and the passenger suffered serious injury."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to wings, canopy and propeller". As a result, the registration G-VECD was cancelled by the CAA as "Permanently withdrawn from use" on 18-02-2011
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f1c1ed915d13740003ab/Pierre_Robin_R1180T__G-VECD_09-09.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/EAST-YORKSHIRE-BREAKING-NEWS-Aeroplane.5213370.jp
4. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/Pilot-s-skill-averted-crash-tragedy/article-937428-detail/article.html
5. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWR100.htm
6. https://www.airteamimages.com/robin-r-1180_G-VECD_-private_16301.html
7. https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/pilot-s-skill-averted-crash-tragedy/story-11947312-detail/story.html
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2009 06:03 | slowkid | Added |
| 02-May-2009 13:40 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 18-Oct-2012 16:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2016 15:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2016 15:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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