ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89828
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| Date: | Thursday 3 February 2011 |
| Time: | 16:10 |
| Type: |  Tipsy T.66 Nipper Srs. 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Stapleford Nipper Group |
| Registration: | G-ATBW |
| MSN: | 52 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Volkswagen 1834 (Acro) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Warren Lane, Flemings Farm, South Hanningfield, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stapleford Tawney, Essex (EGSX) |
| Southend Airport, Essex (SEN/EGMC) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Light aircraft crashed into a field near Warren Lane, South of Flemings Farm, South Hanningford, Chelmsford, Essex: pilot was uninjured.
According to the AAIB report: Four of the six bolts that secured the wooden propeller to the engine worked loose, causing all the bolts to fail and the propeller to detach from the aircraft in flight. The aircraft landed safely in a field.
The investigation discovered that two of the bolts had not been wire locked and two others had been wire locked incorrectly. While the torque on the bolts had been checked within the recommended hourly maintenance interval, due to the low usage the aircraft had flown for almost two years without the torque having been checked.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3ca40f0b613460004f3/Tipsy_Nipper_T66_Series_2__G-ATBW_08-11.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-12361432
4. http://www.tipsy-histories.com/pages/nipper52.html
5. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/441624-aircraft-crash-hanningfield.html
6. https://stories.swns.com/news/pilots-miracle-landing-after-propeller-falls-off-16890/
7. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000523653.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2011 02:59 | saf7670 | Added |
| 04-Feb-2011 04:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 06-Feb-2011 03:54 | BIKEPILOT | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 30-Sep-2011 18:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2012 17:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Nov-2015 18:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2016 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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