ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65696
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Brantly B-2B |
| Owner/operator: | C.W. Udale (Plant) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-ATFH |
| MSN: | 449 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Empingham, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Empingham, Leicestershire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on take off at Empingham, Leicestershire (the helicopter's registered home base) after tail rotor detached during hover as low level whilst transitioning from hover to forward flight. Extract from AAIB Accident report: Pilot died, passenger badly burnt, and died later from injuries sustained.
"AT ABOUT 700 FEET A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FOLLOWED BY SEVERE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL. THE TAIL ROTOR HAD FAILED IN FLIGHT.THE HELICOPTER FELL NOSE DOWN AND BURST INTO FLAMES ON IMPACT. THE PASSENGER ESCAPED WITH SEVERE BURNS BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO RESCUE THE PILOT
CAA CLOSURE: FAILURE OF BLADE OCCURRED IN FATIGUE PROBABLY DUE TO BLADE STRESSES EXCEEDING FATIGUE STRENGTH OF THE BLADE MATERIAL. BLADE RETIREMENT LIFE REDUCED FROM 3250 HRS TO 1500 HRS AND TIME BETWEEN REPETITIVE INSPECTION TO 50 HRS. FAA AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 68-4-4 & 65-28-1 ISSUED WHICH SHOULD PREVENT RECURRENCE. AAIB BULLETIN 7/76."
Registration cancelled 3/2/1977 as aircraft "destroyed"
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ATFH.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976l
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14292
4. https://photovault.com/166138
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2009 23:20 | VHKDK | Added |
| 08-Jul-2012 12:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2013 04:30 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2013 05:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 08-Mar-2015 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
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