ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167031
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| Date: | Friday 12 August 1983 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | G & S G Neal (Helicopters) Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BDRY |
| MSN: | 2273 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Little Steeping, 7 nm west of Skegness, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Skegness/Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire (ENGI) |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12.8.83: crashed whilst engaged in agricultural (crop-spraying/top dressing) operations at Little Steeping, 7 nm west of Skegness, Lincolnshire. Helicopter struck overhead power cables, which became entangled in the rotor blades. The aircraft then impacted the ground at low level, striking a post holding up one of the power cables. Despite this, the pilot was not injured
AIrcraft sustained substantial damage to the main and tail rotors, tail section and rotor mast assembly. These were sufficient for the aircraft to be written off, although the CAA were not notified until over a year later, on 26.11.84. As a result, the registration G-BDRY was cancelled as "destroyed" 28.12.84.
(G-BDRY was a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Hiller HT.2 XS172, delivered June 1963; It was struck off charge as sold as G-BDRY on 18.2.76)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Hillier%2012E%20G-BDRY%2010-83.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BDRY.pdf
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/52/
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=567
5. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14302
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2014 02:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Nov-2014 21:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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