ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137563
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| Date: | Sunday 24 July 2011 |
| Time: | 14:27 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven II |
| Owner/operator: | Aldwick Court Farm |
| Registration: | G-ROTG |
| MSN: | 11573 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | between Marhamchurch and Week St. Mary, Near Bude, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aldwick, near Blagdon, Somerset |
| Padstow, Cornwall | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on a flight to visit friends near Padstow, Cornwall, the pilot unintentionally entered IMC, subsequently lost control of the helicopter and, after a very high rate of descent, crashed. There was a post-impact fire and the pilot was fatally injured. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"At 14:18 hours, when the helicopter was 24 nautical miles north-west of Newquay Airport, London Information instructed the pilot to ‘free call’ Newquay Radar, which he acknowledged. Shortly thereafter, the helicopter turned
through approximately 180 degrees, at about 1 degree per second, on to a north-easterly track and started to climb.
At 14:26 hours, after establishing contact with Newquay Radar, the pilot requested help from the controller, saying he was “LOST IN CLOUD”. The pilot was assigned a transponder code which he read back correctly and selected. He then kept the transmit switch pressed resulting in his microphone remaining live. After about 18 seconds of silence, except for background noise, the pilot was heard talking to himself in an apparently distressed state before the transmission ended.
Radar information indicated that the helicopter then descended rapidly before crashing in a field 2 nautical miles south-south-east of Marhamchurch, near Bude, Devon. The pilot was fatally injured in the impact. There was a post-impact fire."
As a result of the investigation some contaminants, that were not contributory to the accident, were found in the helicopter’s fuel supply.
Registration G-ROTG cancelled by the CAA on 13/2/2012 as aircraft "destroyed" and "owner deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ec75e5274a131700011b/Robinson_R44_II_Raven_II_G-ROTG_05-12.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=ROTG
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14279626
4. https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/Helicopter-pilot-killed-crash-North-Somerset/story-13009446-detail/story.html
5. https://www.cornwalllive.com/Man-dies-helicopter-crash-North-Cornwall/story-12999911-detail/story.html
6. http://news.sky.com/story/869962/man-dies-in-helicopter-crash-in-cornwall
7. http://helihub.com/2011/07/24/24-jul-11-marhamchurch-uk-1f/
8. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/458333-crash-near-bude-cornwall-24th-july-2011-a.html
9. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/helicopter-victim-businessman/story-13010082-detail/story.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2011 13:29 | saf7670 | Added |
| 24-Jul-2011 21:56 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location] |
| 24-Jul-2011 22:22 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time] |
| 28-Jul-2011 13:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2012 01:54 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2012 15:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2014 04:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2016 19:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2016 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
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