ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156200
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 January 2013 |
| Time: | 07:59 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109E Power |
| Owner/operator: | RotorMotion |
| Registration: | G-CRST |
| MSN: | 11017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vauxhall, London -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Redhill Aerodrome (EDKR) |
| London Elstree Aerodrome (EGTR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A109 helicopter, G-CRST, departed Redhill at 07:35 on a flight to London Elstree. The pilot intended to collect a client to take him and another passenger to the north of England. Visibility was poor and the pilot aborted the approach to Elstree. He was returning to Redhill when requested a diversion to the London Heliport at Battersea. The helicopter was holding over the Thames area when the pilot was cleared to divert to Battersea. Fifteen seconds later, descending towards the Heliport, the helicopter hit a construction crane on top (700ft) of St George Wharf Tower (181 metres / 594 ft high) and crashed into the street at Wandsworth Road, Vauxhall, London, damaging a building and destroying two cars. The pilot was killed, as was one person on the ground. Nine people were injured.
The investigation identified the following causal factors:
1. The pilot turned onto a collision course with the crane attached to the building and was probably unaware of the helicopter’s proximity to the building at the beginning of the turn.
2. The pilot did not see the crane or saw it too late to take effective avoiding action.
The investigation identified the following contributory factor:
1. The pilot continued with his intention to land at the London Heliport despite being unable to remain clear of cloud.
Ten Safety Recommendations have been made.
A coroners inquest was held in Dec 2015.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/AAIB%20S1-2013%20G-CRST.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21040410
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/16/london-helicopter-crash-flight-rules
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10164060.London_helicopter_crash__live_updates/
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/7/20100316LondonHeliChart.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/16/helicopters-fly-over-london-data
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21595175
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aar-3-2014-g-crst-16-january-2013
http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/fatal-helicopter-crane-collision-london-jan-2013/
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/london-helicopter-crash-report-criticises-construction-403453/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12045924/Vauxhall-helicopter-crash-Pilot-Peter-Barnes-under-commercial-pressure-inquest-finds.html
Images:
Popham airfield eghp
Media:
#OTD in 2013: safety lessons from a helicopter collision with a building in London.https://t.co/LRbL4c9ES7 #helicopter #accident #aviationsafety #flightsafety pic.twitter.com/zmDIODzNNf
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) January 16, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2013 14:45 | TB | Added |
| 04-Aug-2014 06:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Sep-2014 06:06 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2014 06:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Oct-2014 23:42 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 28-Nov-2014 11:29 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2015 14:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2016 09:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Aug-2020 14:12 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Jan-2021 10:41 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Accident report] |
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