ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184079
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 June 1989 |
| Time: | 15:10 |
| Type: | Mainair Sports Razor microlight |
| Owner/operator: | Mainair Sports Ltd |
| Registration: | G-MVMS |
| MSN: | 707-1088-1-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Newhey, 2.7 miles ESE of Rochdale, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Hares Hill Farm, near Heywood, Lancashire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 07-06-1989, when crashed at Newhey, near Rochdale, Lancashire, due to a structural failure in flight during a test flight. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The accident flight was one of a series of flight tests to assess the stability and manoeuvrability of the prototype wing. At 15:00, the aircraft took off from a field at Hares Hill Farm, to the south of the town of Heywood, and, shortly before 15:10 hours was seen in the vicinity of Newhey.
The aircraft was carrying out gentle turning manoeuvres, at an estimated height of between 2,000 and 2,500 feet agl (above ground level) and had just completed a gentle left turn when a sharp 'crack' was heard, the engine note ceased, and the wings were seen to fold together, causing the aircraft to descend almost vertically 'like a sycamore leaf'
The rate of spin and of descent was seen to increase as the aircraft neared the ground. Shortly before impact, the pilot's helmet was seen to come off, and was later found about 100 yards away from the main wreckage". The pilot sustained fatal injuries on impact.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-MVMS was cancelled by the CAA three months later, on 06-09-1989 as "destroyed"
The reported crash location of Newhey is a suburban village in the Milnrow area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the foot of the South Pennines, by Junction 21 of the M62 motorway and on the River Beal, 2.7 miles east-southeast of Rochdale, 10.3 miles northeast of Manchester.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f4feed915d1371000551/Mainair_Sports_Razor_microlight__G-MVMS_10-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newhey
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2016 21:27 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Feb-2016 00:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Feb-2016 17:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2016 16:05 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2022 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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